Juventus, training tests for Atalanta: Nicolussi-Caviglia and Iling surprises. The choices for the attack

Training tests at Juventus in view of the highly anticipated Italian Cup final tomorrow evening, in Rome, against Atalanta. Before taking off from Caselle airport together with the team (HERE is the complete list of players called up), Massimiliano Allegri used this morning’s finishing training at Continassa to experiment with what should be the tactical solutions to oppose Gian Piero’s team Gasperini in the final act of the national cup. And there is no shortage of surprises.

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Perin; Gatti, Bremer, Danilo; McKennie, Cambiaso, Nicolussi Caviglia, Rabiot, Iling Jr; Vlahovic, Chiesa — Romeo Agresti (@romeoagresti) May 14, 2024

DANILO IS HERE AGAIN – According to what was gathered by Romeo Agresti of Goal.com, with the recovery of Danilo and Alex Sandro and the absence of Manuel Locatelli due to suspension, the most important and significant news comes from the defense and midfield departments. The Brazilian footballer, victim of a low-grade myotendinous lesion of the hamstring in the match against Roma, will regularly be in the heart of the defensive department which, in front of the cup goalkeeper Mattia Perin, will also see the presence of Gatti and Bremer. With Alex Sandro and Rugani ready as options from the bench. Without the lower top of his midfield, Allegri’s main concern was linked to the name of the replacement in Locatelli’s control room: after the first rumors linked to the employment of Fabio Miretti, in the last few hours the shares of Hans Nicolussi have risen forcefully. Caviglia, played just 283 minutes this season, distributed between 7 appearances in the league and one in the Italian Cup. As midfielders there is room for Adrien Rabiot, fresh from scoring against Salernitana in the last weekend of Serie A, and Andrea Cambiaso, who could be used in this position with McKennie as a right winger. On the left, however, there is room for another very young player, the English Iling-Junior who, in light of De Sciglio’s unavailability and Kostic’s poor form, is strongly suspected of starting from the first minute. However, there is no doubt regarding the composition of the attack department: Massimiliano Allegri relies on his very first choices, namely Federico Chiesa and Dusan Vlahovic, who were decisive in the first act of the semi-final against Lazio. With Yildiz recovering on the bench from the blow to his right shoulder on Sunday, Milik and Kean will also initially sit alongside the Juventus coach.