TURIN, ITALY - DECEMBER 17: Dusan Vlahovic of Juventus celebrates scoring his team's first goal during the Coppa Italia match between Juventus FC and Cagliari Calcio at Allianz Stadium on December 17, 2024 in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Images)
TURIN, ITALY - DECEMBER 17: Dusan Vlahovic of Juventus celebrates scoring his team's first goal during the Coppa Italia match between Juventus FC and Cagliari Calcio at Allianz Stadium on December 17, 2024 in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Images)
Igor Tudor makes his debut as Juventus coach against Genoa, picking Dusan Vlahovic in attack, Weston McKennie and Nico Gonzalez on the wings.
It kicks off at 18:00 CET (17:00 GMT) at the Allianz Stadium.
Tudor will make his debut on the Juventus bench after formally replacing Thiago Motta on Sunday.
The Bianconeri must cope without the injured Gleison Bremer, Juan Cabal, Arkadiusz Milik, Douglas Luiz and Andrea Cambiaso.
Several sources, including Sky Sport and Gazzetta dello Sport, claim that Tudor will switch to a three-man defence, starting with Pierre Kalulu, Lloyd Kelly, and Federico Gatti at the back.
Igor Tudor Juventus press conference (Picture: www.juventus.com/it)
Khephren Thuram and Manuel Locatelli are expected to start in central midfield, while Nico Gonzalez and Weston McKennie are favourites in the wing-back position.
Kenan Yildiz and Teun Koopmeiners will be the attacking midfielders behind the sole striker, Vlahovic.
Ahanor, Balotelli, Bani, Messias, Cornet, Cuenca (injured) and Martin (suspended) are unavailable for Genoa.
Juventus loanee Fabio Miretti is expected to start as an attacking midfielder behind sole striker Andrea Pinamonti.
Juventus vs Genoa – where to watch on TV
The match will be broadcast live on CBS and Paramount+ in the USA and on OneFootball in the UK.
Juventus vs Genoa – probable line-ups
Juventus (3-4-2-1): Di Gregorio; Gatti, Kalulu, Kelly; Nico Gonzalez, Locatelli, Thuram, McKennie; Koopmeiners, Yildiz; Vlahovic.
Genoa (4-2-3-1): Leali; Sabelli, De Winter, Vasquez, Maturro; Frendrup, Masini; Zanoli, Malinovskyi, Miretti; Pinamonti.
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