Team Talk : Prepare match against Fiomerda

Many to miss Fiorentina game

After Wednesday's games, which completed the round begun with the Turin derby on Tuesday, all Serie A teams have played an equal number of games and everybody has begun concentrating on the next match. The Bianconeri began preparing themselves for the Fiorentina game one day early and are busy training at full speed.

Claudio Ranieri unfortunately received the news he was expecting: for the match against the Viola, he'll have to do without Chiellini and Nedved, alongside Zanetti, all suspended. The defender will have to sit out one game, the Czech player two (thus he'll be missing the away game at Genoa too), while the midfielder still has to sit out the second of his two-match suspension earned in Reggio.

These three important absences will somewhat be compensated by David Trezeguet's return, however. The striker has fully recovered from sinusitis and has been back with the squad since yesterday, even if today he did train on his own. The Frenchman asked for the morning off, and trained in Vinovo in the afternoon.

The rest of the group trained together in damp and cold weather. After a series of warm-up exercises, Ranieri's training focused on an 8-a-side match. Iaquinta didn't take part in the session, as he's still having problems with his back. His condition will have to be evaluated in the next few days, but he should be able to recover in time for the game against Fiorentina.

* juventus.com