Juventus coach Antonio Conte has called on his players to recovery through the disappointment with their Champions League elimination through the 3 points against Sassuolo on Sunday. The Turin giants suffered a 1-0 reverse at Galatasaray on Wednesday to complete third in Group B behind Real Madrid along with the Turkish outfit.
Juve, must be satisfied with Europa League football inside new year, a bitter pill to swallow for the Italian champions. Juve have shown no signs of weakness in Serie A and enter into this weekend's match riding a seven-match winning streak inside the league.
Last weekend's 2-0 triumph at Bologna lifted the Bianconeri three points totally free of Roma presents itself the standings. Juve will likely be hoping to extend contributing with Roma facing a troublesome day at the San Siro on Monday to manage AC Milan.
Rivals Sassuolo are also needing to put in it a disappointing week. A single-0 defeat to Chievo last day out was Sassuolo's first loss since October 30 and their fifth defeat of the campaign.
The actual end result dropped the promoted outfit to 17th place, one spot the other point away from the relegation zone. To complicate matters for Sassuolo, they are devoid of the services of striker Domenico Berardi, who will serve a one-match ban a few days ago.
The 19-year-old has scored seven goals in 11 league appearances for Sassuolo. Juve are without midfielder pair Claudio Marchisio and Andrea Pirlo, with all the former suspended plus the latter out injured.
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