Two days to go ‘til Siena game

2 May 2008

Two days to go ‘til Siena game

The third-from-last game of the season is fast approaching. On Sunday afternoon, Juventus will play at the Artemio Franchi Stadium in Siena, to face the local team managed by Mario Beretta. Both teams wear black and white colours and the game is important for both of them, as they're still looking for points to chase their last objectives.

If on the one hand Siena are chasing mathematical certainty of avoiding the drop (even though with seven teams behind them it looks like they've practically made it), on the other Juve are still hoping to end up in second place. And the round could be favourable for them to try and get closer to Roma, who play at Sampdoria. Indeed the Bianconeri face opponents who have never even managed to get a draw in the nine previous games against them – both in the League and the Italian Cup. And in the last five games against Juve they didn't even manage to score one goal.

The last time the teams played in Tuscany was two years ago almost to the day. On April 30 2006, the game was over in only eight minutes with Vieira, Trezeguet and Mutu getting the goals in a clear 3-0 win. In Turin this season, the Frenchman scored the second in a 2-0 win, with Salihamidzic getting the first.

Juventus trained this morning again in Vinovo preparing Sunday's game. The squad was almost full, only Iaquinta and Andrade being unavailable. To finish off preparation, there'll be only one more training session, on Saturday afternoon at 3 pm. Before that, Claudio Ranieri will hold his press conference at 2 pm.

*juventus.com