Salernitana Vs Juventus: Beware Of The Host's Revenge Mission

Juventus is wary of the revival of Salernitana in the 2023/2024 Serie A competition (X/@juventusfc).

JAKARTA - Juventus was vigilant when they met Salernitana again in Serie A 2023/2024 at Arechi Stadium, Monday, January 8, 2024, early in the morning WIB. Salernitana carries a mission of revenge after being killed by Juventus in Coppa Italia.

There was no other pause between the two teams. So, it was still fresh for Salernitana to experience a 1-6 massacre of Juve in the last 16 of the Coppa Italia in the last match.

When acting as the host, Salernitana immediately carried out a mission of revenge. Not only repaying an embarrassing defeat when meeting in a domestic tournament, Salernitana needed additional points.

The reason is, they are still stuck at the bottom of the standings so they try to get full points to improve their position.

Until entering the end of the half of the competition, Salernitana has won only two Serie A 2023/2024 matches. They must rise if they do not want to return to Serie B next season.

Filippo Inzaghi's team actually started to stabilize and almost won their second win at home to AC Milan. At that time, they were already ahead 2-1.

However, Milan managed to equalize the score to 2-2 in the last minute. After picking up one point, Salernitana then picked up points when he visited Verona's headquarters.

Despite the bad results in the Coppa Italia, Salernitana successfully won their last match in the domestic competition. Playing at home to opponents, they beat Verona 1-0.

The rise of Salernitana which was slumped due to a big defeat in the Coppa Italia was clearly watched by Juve. Coach Massimiliano Allegri said Salernitana was still not an easy opponent for I Bianconeri.

"Playing at home to Slernitana is never easy. We will face a difficult situation because they definitely want to avenge their previous defeat," said Allegri.

"Apart from returning to the competition, they hope to continue the winning trend like against Verona. The victory boosted their enthusiasm and efforts to survive in Serie A," he said.

Despite facing a motivated opponent to avenge the defeat, Allegri remained optimistic in the away match. The big win in the Coppa Italia has raised the morale and confidence of the players.

"It's a complicated game. We're just trying our best to get closer to the distance of points when we end the first round of the competition. We just thought about the next target in the competition round," said Allegri. Juve showed his best performance when slaughtering Salernitana. Now La Vecchia

Inter, who beat Verona 2-1, are still firm at the top of the standings as well as appear as winners of champions.

The victory made Inter pocketed 48 points. A five-point lead from Juve who was in second place.

In the match against Salernitana, Allegri again fielded the best squad. Dusan Vlahovic striker is the first choice with Federico Chiesa.

Meanwhile, young midfielder Kenan Yildiz, who contributed a goal in the match against Salernitana, will sit on the bench.

In the middle, Hans Nicolussi Caviglia will replace Manuel Locatelli who underwent a ban on playing. He worked hand in hand with Adrien Rabiot.

Allegri, who uses three defenders, will field Danilo with Bremer. Meanwhile, Andrea Cambiaso was pushed forward to occupy as a defensive midfielder.

"Hans Nicolussi Caviglia and Andrea Cambiaso will be played. Likewise, Bremer will play. Meanwhile, Federico Gatti and Danio will start. Whoever is fielded, I want to lower the best formation," he said.

Player Composition Forecast

Salernitana (4-2-3-1): Costil; Danilicic, Gyomber, Fazio, Bradaric; Maggiore, Legowski; Candreva, Martegani, Tchaouna; Ikwuemesi

Juventus (3-5-2): Szczesny; Gatti, Bremer, Danilo; Cambiaso, McKennie, Nicolussi Caviglia, Rabiot, Kostic; Chiesa, Vlahovic