"We respect the protocol, we are in tune with what ASL says: we will do what we have always done, we will introduce ourselves and play": this is how Juventus coach Andrea Pirlo, after the positive cases at Covid found among the Bianconeri .
Tomorrow at the Allianz Stadium Juventus-Napoli is scheduled, recovery of the match skipped on 4 October with two positive cases among the Campania region, after the match with Genoa hit by a Covid outbreak.
Napoli, on the advice of the ASL, had not appeared in Turin.
"It is an important match for the standings: they are in an excellent moment with positive results, they will want to achieve a result at the Stadium": Juventus coach Andrea Pirlo presents tomorrow's match against Napoli.
"We are expecting an open game, both will want to impose their game - continues the Juventus coach - but it is not a last resort: there will still be many games, we feel the pressure as is normal. We are not used to it, but we have to look at both who is in front of us is who is behind us ".
Dybala is ready to return after the long stop due to injury and exclusion from the derby for having violated the anti-Covid rules: "He trained without feeling more pain, - reveals Pirlo - he doesn't have 90 minutes in his legs but the fact that is back is already a lot of stuff ".
In goal there will be Szczesny "because - explains the Juventus coach - after a bad performance there is a desire for redemption. Tomorrow there will be Tek, it is right for him to show his worth".
Meanwhile Merih Demiral has recovered from Covid, Juventus announces it.
The defender, in fact, "carried out, as per protocol, 2 controls with molecular tests (swab) for Covid-19 with negative results. The player, therefore cured and no longer subjected to the isolation regime, will join the team tomorrow morning at the JTC" explains the club.
The positivity of the Turkish was announced by the Juventus club last Thursday, after five days his negativization arrived.
"I'm back": through Instagram, Merih Demiral announces his return to the field in English.
The Turkish defender, who tested positive at Covid last March 26 while he was with his national team and returned to Turin on April 1 with a medical flight, was negativized and is now ready to be available again.
These are the probable formations of Juventus-Napoli.
Juventus (4-4-2): 1 Szczesny;
16 Cuadrado, 4 De Ligt, 3 Chiellini, 13 Danilo;
22 Church, 30 Bentancur, 25 Rabiot, 8 Ramsey;
9 Morata, 7 Ronaldo (31 Pinsoglio, 77 Buffon, 10 Dybala, 12 Alex Sandro, 14 McKennie, 28 Demiral, 36 Di Pardo, 37 Dragusin, 38 Frabotta, 41 Fagioli, 44 Kulusevski).
Coach: Pirlo.
Disqualified: none.
Be wary: none.
Unavailable: Arthur, Bonucci, Bernardeschi.
Naples (4-2-3-1): 25 Ospina, 22 Di Lorenzo, 44 Manolas, 26 Koulibaly, 23 Hysaj, 8 Ruiz, 4 Demme, 11 Lozano, 20 Zielinski, 24 Insigne, 14 Mertens.
(1 Meret, 16 Contini, 6 Mario Rui, 33 Rrahmani, 19 Maksimovic, 68 Lobotka, 5 Bakayoko, 7 Elmas, 21 Politano, 37 Petagna, 9 Osimhen, 58 Cioffi).
Coach: Gattuso.
Disqualified: none.
Beware: Demme, Lozano, Mario Rui.
Unavailable: Ghoulam.
Referee: Mariani di Aprilia Snai odds: Juventus 2.00;
draw 3.55;
victory Naples 3.65.