Dusan Vlahovic is back in full training but is still out of the squad. Both Pogba and Vlahovic are expected to return to the matchday squad around the end of the month of January or early February. Juan Cuadrado, Mattia De Sciglio and Leonardo Bonucci have all returned to partial training but none of them will be called up to face Atalanta.
They are posting on social media and talking about how united they are and how much they are supporting the club in this latest difficult moment, but we just don’t know for sure until they step onto the field and actually try to kick the ball against Atalanta (and the other opponents on the schedule the next week or two). Max Allegri has taken the approach that probably every manager would take when facing something like this — trying to spin it into something that can be used as motivation. “After yesterday’s events we have to regroup and think only of matters on the pitch, ” Allegri said Saturday.
That’s on top of the disastrous start to the season that saw Juve have to run off an eight-game winning streak just to get into the top four. That’s on top of how Allegri has this team playing for much of the season. That’s on top of all the injuries. That’s on top of the World Cup break turning into a sudden mess with the entire board of directors resigning. It’s been a season full of drama, full of frustration, full of something different from week to week. And now, with a sudden 15-point penalty slapped onto Juve’s record, Allegri has the task of trying to keep this team afloat if they want any sniff of a Europa Conference League spot. For the highest-paid manager in the league, safe to say his biggest task is now ahead of him. TEAM NEWS Paul Pogba is back in full training but is still out of the squad.
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