THE TURIN DERBY

Derby match in Coppa Italia

JUVENTUS VS TORINO

Juventus vs Torino

 Juventus are much better side, best organized team in Italy in every way. Clearly they are favorite in this match, but we will see. Winner of this match will played against Atalanta in the Semi Final.

Coaches from both teams are confident and they wants to fight for Semi Final.

Massimiliano Allegri

 Allegri: "Taking nothing for granted against Torino"

"Coming up are two games that we cannot get wrong, tomorrow we have to qualify for the next round of the TIM Cup, and we must get three points on Saturday against Cagliari, otherwise we throw away everything that we have done."

"We absolutely will not underestimate our opponents tomorrow, because first and foremost it is a derby and a derby is a game within itself. Our goal is to win because for us the TIM Cup is an objective of ours, just like the Scudetto and the Champions League, so we have to prepare for it in the best manner. 72 hours after tomorrow’s game we’ll have the last match before the winter break."

"One thing is certain, for us to get through to the next round we can’t play the same as we did in Verona, it’s true that we have got through a tough period of difficult matches, but we have a run of games where we cannot afford to make mistakes. Tomorrow we can only win or lose, and in the league, we have to stay close to Napoli and not drop any points that will see us fall behind them."

"The players that are out of tomorrow night's match are Buffon, Cuadrado and De Sciglio, but they are all close to returning. In fact, De Sciglio worked with the team yesterday so could be available for Cagliari at the weekend."

"Dybala will play tomorrow either as a false nine or partnering Mandzukic and Higuain, but one of that pair will be rested. Meanwhile, Rugani could line up in defence and Marchisio could play from the start tomorrow and I’ll decide later who would partner him in the midfield in the event that he does play from the off."

"Also, one of Lichtsteiner or Sturaro will play at right-back."

Sinisa Mihajlovic on the left

Sinisa Mihajlovic is confident Torino can knock Juventus out of the Coppa Italia. “In a one-off game we can fight it out with anyone.”

“We’ve got Daniele Baselli back, as he was suspended against Genoa, but all the others remain on the treatment table, so in defence and attack my choices are rather forced upon me,” the Coach told Rai TGR.

“I am nonetheless sure that those who do play will be up to the task. It’s a one-off game and in these situations Toro have always proved we can fight it out with anyone.”

Torino knocked Roma out with a victory at the Stadio Olimpico in the last round and are eager to cause another upset in this special Turin Derby.

“We want to play a game worthy of Toro. We put in our hunger, our character. Juventus are a stronger team, we know that, but it’s a one-off game and we can do well against anyone.”

The absentee list is extensive, missing Andrea Belotti, Adem Ljajic, Cristian Ansaldi, Lyanco, Simone Edera and Antonio Barreca.

“M’Baye Niang did well against Genoa, he showed the right attitude and the only thing he didn’t do was score a goal. Unfortunately, this season we’ve never really had all three main strikers available at the same time. Once we are able to count on Ljajic, Belotti and Niang together, then our performances will improve.”