Juve lose Nedved and Montero
Saturday 20 December, 2003
Juventus will make the trip to Lecce for Sunday’s game without the flu-stricken Pavel Nedved and Paolo Montero.
The Czech international has been struggling with the virus for a fortnight and has barely trained during these last two weeks.
He was able to play, and score, against Parma last Sunday despite the illness, but his condition has deteriorated.
It seems that Nedved’s flu has now been caught by Uruguayan defender Paolo Montero, who has been left at home in Turin.
Alessio Tacchinardi is sidelined after tests confirmed he had suffered a minor left thigh strain.
French international Lilian Thuram has also not made the trip down south due to an ankle problem.
So there are set to be some major changes for the game with Lecce and we may see Alessandro Del Piero, Fabrizio Miccoli and Marco Di Vaio start in a new trident attack.
Juventus squad:
1 Gianluigi Buffon, 2 Ciro Ferrara, 5 Igor Tudor, 7 Gianluca Pessotto, 8 Antonio Conte, 9 Fabrizio Miccoli, 10 Alessandro Del Piero, 12 Antonio Chimenti, 13 Mark Iuliano, 14 Enzo Maresca, 15 Alessandro Birindelli, 16 Mauro Camoranesi, 17 David Trezeguet, 18 Stephen Appiah, 19 Gianluca Zambrotta, 20 Marco Di Vaio, 23 Nicola Legrottaglie, 25 Marcelo Zalayeta, 26 Edgar Davids