the team in the league has lined up eight consecutive useful results and from eleven races to this part it is traveling at a championship pace.
"We are in a good moment, but the path is still long and we are behind in the standings" underlines Allegri, called to the heart challenge against Milan at the Scala del Calcio.
"It will be a nice one to play and important for the ranking, but it is a pity that there will be only five thousand spectators - explains the coach on the eve of the big match at San Siro - even if in this period it is not possible to do otherwise".
His Juve has never beaten one of the top four this season: "It would be important to score three points tomorrow night, but it won't be easy - admits Allegri - also because the Rossoneri score a lot, have excellent technique and are good at high balls:
Pioli: 'Match not decisive, Ibra will be decisive' -
A super, "high-level" performance, as Stefano Pioli explained on the eve, to win against a Juve that "did not start well but is now in excellent form".
And if Milan want to dream big and aim for "excellence", they cannot be satisfied with "normality".
On the one hand, Pioli raises the bar, asking for a performance from a great team, after matches that have had ups and downs with Genoa and Spezia, on the other, however, he explains that we shouldn't talk about a crossroads or a turning point "terms you use you journalists - he explains - but it is certainly an important match, even if not decisive ".
At San Siro, Milan wrote a piece of the season.
For the fourth consecutive match, after years of Juventus domination, Milan are ahead of the table.
It is a proof of
Everyone will need the best and Pioli expects a lot especially from Ibrahimovic.
"He's ready as we all are. Haven't scored at San Siro for more than four months? He had his chances and failed to exploit them. Juve defend very well and we won't be able to have the ten scoring chances we created. with Spezia but I believe that in some moments Ibra can be decisive ", the coach's wish.
The key to winning is to raise the technical rate, play a match "of great energy and strength, face the difficulties as a team", traces the via Pioli.
Probable formations Milan-Juventus.
Milan (4-2-3-1): 16 Maignan;
25 Florenzi, 20 Kalulu, 13 Romagnoli, 19 Hernandez;
8 Tonali, 41 Bakayoko;
56 Saelemaekers, 10 Diaz, 17 Leao: 11 Ibrahimovic.
(1 Tatarusanu, 83 Mirante, 2 Calabria, 46 Gabbia, 33 Krunic, 4 Bennacer, 30 Messias, 7 Castillejo, 27 Maldini, 12 Rebic, 9 Giroud) All. Pioli.
Disqualified: none.
Don't trust: Theo Hernandez Unavailable: Kjaer, Tomori, Plizzari, Kessié, Ballo Touré;
Pellegri.
Juventus (4-2-3-1): 1 Szczesny;
11 Cuadrado, 4 De Ligt, 3 Chiellini, 17 Pellegrini;
27 Locatelli, 30 Bentancur;
14 McKennie, 10 Dybala, 20 Bernardeschi;
9 Morata (23 Pinsoglio, 36 Perin, 2 De Sciglio, 5 Arthur, 6 Danilo, 12 Alex Sandro, 18 Kean, 21 Kaio Jorge, 24 Rugani, 25 Rabiot, 44 Kulusevski, 45 De Winter).
Herds Allegri.
Disqualified: none.
Be wary: Bernardeschi, Danilo, Locatelli.
Unavailable: Chiesa, Bonucci.
Referee: Di Bello from Brindisi Snai Odds: 2.65;
3.10;
2.80.