Vieira to miss Bayern clash Sunday 16 October, 2005
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Juventus will travel to Munich without Patrick Vieira and Jonathan Zebina for Tuesday’s Champions League showdown.
The joint Group A leaders will face off in Germany and at least one of them must lose their 100 per cent record in the European tournament.
Vieira also missed out on yesterday’s 1-0 Serie A win over Messina, as he suffered a muscular injury in his right thigh during international duty with France.
The Juventus official website announced today that the former Arsenal midfielder would resume full training with the rest of the squad in a few days.
Fellow Frenchman Zebina is also sidelined by injury, so Manuele Blasi and Giuliano Giannichedda will challenge to fill in Vieira’s midfield role alongside Emerson.
Alessandro Del Piero is expected to start alongside Zlatan Ibrahimovic after scoring a splendid solo effort against Messina on Saturday evening.
“My new starting position is a little deeper and that effectively helps my style of play,” said the Italian international. “A good performance gives you even more motivation to keep going and these two games with Italy and Juve have really boosted my enthusiasm.”
Juventus squad: Chiellini, Kovac, Pessotto, Emerson, Ibrahimovic, Del Piero, Nedved, Chimenti, Balzaretti, Camoranesi, Trezeguet, Mutu, Zambrotta, Blasi, Thuram, Bonnefoi, Giannichedda, Zalayeta, Gladstone, Cannavaro, Abbiati
source: channel4.com