And now the derby...

And now the derby...

A drizzle accompanied the team throughout the training session. The team which returned from Rome late at night met during the afternoon in Vinovo. The starters in the Coppa Italia match underwent the usual unwinding session in the gym, Some even took advantage, afterwards, to have a massage or therapy to recover from slight problems but there are no real hitches for the upcoming matches. On Saturday the derby is on schedule and 72 hours later the match against Chelsea. Only 8 players ran on the field before working with the ball to try and improve their low fast passes. Amongst these were Del Piero, Marchisio, Trezeguet and Sissoko, as well as Giovinco, Salihamidzic, Zebina and Knezevic. This served as a warm-up which also included Nedved, Tiago and Mellberg who had a meeting with Ranieri before going back inside after half an hour.

The adjacent field saw the training of the goalkeepers which included Buffon and Chimenti. Legrottaglie had a separate training session. The defender, who like Torino player Paolo Zanetti will miss the derby due to suspension, got back to running with football boots. Without overdoing it youngster Yago and Cristiano Zanetti worked with trainer Scanavino. Thursday the training session will be in the morning followed at 12:30 by Filo Diretto with Tiago in an exclusive appointment for Juventus Channel subscribers.

*Juventus.com