Zanetti doubt to face Artmedia

Zanetti doubt to face Artmedia
Sunday 10 August, 2008

Juventus could be without Cristiano Zanetti and Marco Marchionni for Wednesday’s Champions League battle with Artmedia.

The former Inter midfielder pulled up during training with a muscular problem and might not recover in time for the first leg of the preliminary round.

To make matters worse, winger Marchionni also sustained a muscular twinge this weekend and will undergo tests on Monday.

Marchionni has been in good form during the pre-season friendlies and may well have made an appearance against Artmedia Bratislava.

Mauro Camoranesi was rested as a precaution and worked alone in the gym rather than on the training field.

Camoranesi is set to complete the Juventus midfield with Pavel Nedved, Momo Sissoko and new signing Christian Poulsen, if Zanetti does not recover.

The good news for Claudio Ranieri is that Jonathan Zebina is back in full training along with the recovering Vincenzo Iaquinta, Cristian Molinaro and Zdenek Grygera.

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