I'd love a cleansheet but I just can't see it happening. Buffon isn't at his best and with the opposing forwards being Baggio and the on form Caracciolo, I think at least one goal will find it's way into the Juve net.
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SERIE A: Juventus - Brescia (2 Viewers)
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Serie A Preview: Juventus v Brescia
BACKGROUND:
21st encounter between Juventus and Brescia at the Delle Alpi of Turin on Sunday afternoon, which saw Juventus triumph for 15 times and the match ending in a draw 5 times.
Brescia have never won a league match in Turin, but did succeed in raiding the Delle Alpi once, during a Coppa Italia match in the 2000/01 season when a Dario Hubner brace gave the 'rondinelle' a precious 2-1 victory.
The last bianconeri victory came last season when Alessandro Del Piero netted twice to lead Juventus to a 2-1 win which paved the way for their 27th Scudetto.
Ironically, the last draw between these two teams resulted in the 2000/01 season, when on 1st April Roberto Baggio made an April Fool to his old team by scoring in the dying minutes to end the match 1-1; a result which proved costly when at the end of the season Roma won by just one point over Juve.
Baggio will be available for the weekend's match, ready to haunt his former team once again, however this time he will be playing alongside Caracciolo upfront, a young tall player who has impressed thanks to his 5 goals scored this season.
Juventus are currently on fire, having won 9 out of their last 10 encounters in Serie A and Champions League. Their form is great but their goalscoring record is even more impressive having nearly an average of 3 goals per match with all their strikers proving to be able to net the ball whenever it is needed. This will be a major worry for Brescia, whose defence has already let in 15 goals in the first 6 matches.
Marcello Lippi will most probably keep on rotating the squad, a factor which has proved to be very important in involving all of his players, making them feel equally important, and having all of his main men always fresh and ready for each encounter.
Unlike Lippi, De Biasi does not have as much depth, so Brescia should play with more or less the same squad that last weekend drew 2-2 against Inter and virtually sacked Hector Cuper.
TEAM NEWS:
Juventus: Full squad bar Del Piero for Lippi, so his only problem will be who to field and who to rest ahead of next Sunday's Milan-Juventus.
Brescia: Jadid, Dainello and Colucci are the injured players for De Biasi, however the coach will be comforted by his team's good performance last weekend against Inter and hoping they can repeat it.
PROBABLE FORMATIONS:
Juventus (4-3-1-2): Buffon; Birindelli, Legrottaglie, Ferrara, Zambrotta; Camoranesi, Maresca, Davids; Nedved; Miccoli, Trezeguet
Brescia (4-4-2): Saja; Petruzzi, Mareco, Stankevicius, Martinez; Filippini, Di Biagio, Matuzalem, Bachini; Baggio Caracciolo
PLAYERS TO WATCH:
Miccoli (Juventus): Did not play during the week against Real Sociedad, so he will be ready to show what he's worth against Brescia so to win a place for next Sunday's showdown against Milan.
Caracciolo (Brescia): Has been scoring goals in Serie A with ease. Scoring away to Juventus would consecrate him among the best of Serie A.
Serie A Prediction: Juventus v Brescia
With Juventus' current average of nearly 3 goals per match and with Brescia's average of more than 2 goals conceded per match, this game can easily finish 3-0 for the bianconeri.
Serie A Preview: Juventus v Brescia
BACKGROUND:
21st encounter between Juventus and Brescia at the Delle Alpi of Turin on Sunday afternoon, which saw Juventus triumph for 15 times and the match ending in a draw 5 times.
Brescia have never won a league match in Turin, but did succeed in raiding the Delle Alpi once, during a Coppa Italia match in the 2000/01 season when a Dario Hubner brace gave the 'rondinelle' a precious 2-1 victory.
The last bianconeri victory came last season when Alessandro Del Piero netted twice to lead Juventus to a 2-1 win which paved the way for their 27th Scudetto.
Ironically, the last draw between these two teams resulted in the 2000/01 season, when on 1st April Roberto Baggio made an April Fool to his old team by scoring in the dying minutes to end the match 1-1; a result which proved costly when at the end of the season Roma won by just one point over Juve.
Baggio will be available for the weekend's match, ready to haunt his former team once again, however this time he will be playing alongside Caracciolo upfront, a young tall player who has impressed thanks to his 5 goals scored this season.
Juventus are currently on fire, having won 9 out of their last 10 encounters in Serie A and Champions League. Their form is great but their goalscoring record is even more impressive having nearly an average of 3 goals per match with all their strikers proving to be able to net the ball whenever it is needed. This will be a major worry for Brescia, whose defence has already let in 15 goals in the first 6 matches.
Marcello Lippi will most probably keep on rotating the squad, a factor which has proved to be very important in involving all of his players, making them feel equally important, and having all of his main men always fresh and ready for each encounter.
Unlike Lippi, De Biasi does not have as much depth, so Brescia should play with more or less the same squad that last weekend drew 2-2 against Inter and virtually sacked Hector Cuper.
TEAM NEWS:
Juventus: Full squad bar Del Piero for Lippi, so his only problem will be who to field and who to rest ahead of next Sunday's Milan-Juventus.
Brescia: Jadid, Dainello and Colucci are the injured players for De Biasi, however the coach will be comforted by his team's good performance last weekend against Inter and hoping they can repeat it.
PROBABLE FORMATIONS:
Juventus (4-3-1-2): Buffon; Birindelli, Legrottaglie, Ferrara, Zambrotta; Camoranesi, Maresca, Davids; Nedved; Miccoli, Trezeguet
Brescia (4-4-2): Saja; Petruzzi, Mareco, Stankevicius, Martinez; Filippini, Di Biagio, Matuzalem, Bachini; Baggio Caracciolo
PLAYERS TO WATCH:
Miccoli (Juventus): Did not play during the week against Real Sociedad, so he will be ready to show what he's worth against Brescia so to win a place for next Sunday's showdown against Milan.
Caracciolo (Brescia): Has been scoring goals in Serie A with ease. Scoring away to Juventus would consecrate him among the best of Serie A.
Serie A Prediction: Juventus v Brescia
With Juventus' current average of nearly 3 goals per match and with Brescia's average of more than 2 goals conceded per match, this game can easily finish 3-0 for the bianconeri.
Yeah I was replying to her and giving the reasons behind my choice 
Anyway Appiah is not certain that he will play yet...actually all the midfield is a question since we can more or less guess the defence and attack. Anyone can basically play in the midfield but I think he will give space to Maresca for sure.
Anyway Appiah is not certain that he will play yet...actually all the midfield is a question since we can more or less guess the defence and attack. Anyone can basically play in the midfield but I think he will give space to Maresca for sure.
well not really...I'm more a Baggio fan let's say even if I use to like Juve especially since they've got the best italian young on the place IMO...Miccoli of course...I heard that he will start from the beginning tmrw...I just hope that he will not play too much well...The things that affraid me the most is that Lippi is going to play Maresca Miccoli Appiah and Davids who are IMO the best choice even with the full squad in form...so this is not really the second lines for me...I will say that this is on the paper one of the best possible juve (well if you dont count the absence of DP)
Up to the 3/4 of that formation it's all fine...the problem is the attack since both DP and Miccoli are forwards and they both need a striker to refer to since they both like starting from near the midfield line. Unluckily only one of them can play or both can play if we decrease a midfielder but we don't play that well with that formation.
It's a pity cos that would be my favourite formation but realistically, unless Lippi finds the right balance we cannot play 4-2-3-1
It's a pity cos that would be my favourite formation but realistically, unless Lippi finds the right balance we cannot play 4-2-3-1
