++ [ originally posted by 44BigBert ] ++
bad....
can't wait to watch vieira play for juve....
how about Robert Kovac ??? will he available for the match ??
He will be there. Anyway,
Cannavaro respects super Inter Friday 19 August, 2005
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Fabio Cannavaro expects a battle when Juventus take on Inter for the Italian Super Cup on Saturday night.
The Italian champions entertain the Italian Cup winners at the Delle Alpi tomorrow night in the annual season opener.
"Inter are a solid squad who already found a certain shape last term," said the former Nerazzurri stopper.
"They have already started to prove themselves again this summer. It won’t be a simple game for us at all."
The Bianconeri have had a difficult start to the new campaign given the numerous injuries suffered.
But the Azzurri captain is optimistic that the club’s summer acquisitions will allow them to cope with star absentees.
"Juventus were already a well formed side but we are even stronger now with Patrick Vieira," he continued.
"I’m happy that (goalkeeper) Christian Abbiati has come in as I know him from the national squad.
"We are all happy about the arrival of Federico Balzaretti too, even if his capture was a surprise seeing as he was at Torino."
Juventus will be without Gigi Buffon, Alessandro Birindelli and Giorgio Chiellini tomorrow night.
There are also doubts over the fitness of Lilian Thuram, Pavel Nedved, Mauro Camoranesi and Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
source: channel4.com