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Ranieri: «Genoa is a very good team»
After six successive wins, Juventus will be looking to win their seventh match in a row. In an unusual Thursday night encounter (the match was moved forward due to the international rugby friendly between Italy and Argentina scheduled for Saturday at the Stadio Olimpico), the bianconeri will be hosting Genoa in one of the most interesting matches of the 12th day. The two opponents are amongst the teams in the best condition at the moment.
The team from Liguria which rolled over their opponents like bulldozers at the Marassi managed to win some important points even when playing away from home (against Inter in Milan and against Udinese in Udine) and will be hoping to make another great achievement against the bianconeri. Mr. Ranieri knows the dangers of the match: «Genoa is a very good team. It is very well prepared with mechanisms which have been well-studied, the team knows how to defend and how to fight back. We know of the good qualitie sof the team, of the individuals and of Gasperini. This is why a great effort will need to be made on our side, we need a Juventus at 110%»
After having beaten Real Madrid (twice), Torino, Bologna, Roma and Chievo, the bianconeri want to include Genoa in this very particular list. In order to do this, Ranieri can once again count on Marchisio while others such as Camoranesi are getting their condition back in order. «Slowly the injured players are recovering and this is a very positive fact because I can see things through a wider perspective. Mauro is well and I am following his improvements step by step. Yesterday he made an extra bit of training which shows that he is returning to his maximum efficiency»
If Camoranesi is returning to the best of his condition, another bianconero is currently living a magical moment. We are obviously referring to Alessandro Del Piero, a real cover-boy for this past week which saw an impressive string of victories. All the Juventus supporters as well as Ranieri expect other new touches of class by the captain who will tomorrow evening find himself in a duel with Genoa striker Milito: «Having such an important point of reference helps us feel positive. Del Piero isn’t only free-kicks, he is much more then that. It is right that he is our symbol after all everybody knows that a team is not made up of only one champion. Behind him there is a team which is going through a very good time»