It’s now or never for Bologna and their coach Sinisa Mihajlovic. The former Milan, Torino, Sampdoria and Fiorentina coach is now in charge of Bologna and his team is currently six points away from the last European football spot and will host Juventus today, a team which they weren’t able to defeat in the last 10 years. The Serb has already overseen seven victories this season with notable successes including a 1-0 win over Roma and a 3-0 triumph over Lazio.Juventus spend over 500,000 USD per day on players’ salariesAnd this will probably be his best chance to defeat the ’Old Lady’ for the first time since 2010/11 season (2-0). The reasons are simple: Juventus is currently not in great shape, with four losses and five draws already, they have struggled against ’weaker’ teams (lost 1-0 to Empoli and 2-1 to Verona), and finally, they will be without their powerful duo Paulo Dybala and Federico Chiesa.Allegri’s spat with Morata: ‘You have to shut up!’Coach Massimiliano Allegri revealed that his team will be without those two players, so Morata, Kean and Jorge will be evaluated. “Playing in Bologna isn’t easy and we must prepare for a difficult match. Bologna have scored many goals in the second half, a sign that they are in good physical and mental condition. We’ll need to stay switched on in order to win. Dybala won’t be available for tomorrow’s game. We can’t take risks with Dybala, but let’s see if we will have him available against Cagliari. Chiesa and Danilo’s recoveries are progressing well but are also both out. Chiellini might not make the match, but I hope to have him on Tuesday. Kulusevski is back after a week out, he doesn’t have 90 minutes in his legs, but having him available is important. We’ll see how Locatelli is today, but the others are fully available. Up top, I have to evaluate between Kean, Alvaro Morata and Kaio Jorge. The forward pairing for the game will be Alvaro Morata with either Kean or Kaio Jorge. Cuadrado can play both as a full-back and as a winger and I will evaluate where he plays taking into account the condition of Mattia De Sciglio“ said Allegri. Ronaldo and his agent could be called for questioning as Juve investigation continuesBut for Bologna coach, the fact that Dybala and Chiesa are out doesn’t mean a thing, since he respects the opponent who won 36 Serie A titles so far. “Juventus are always Juventus, Chiesa and Dybala are important for them, but it doesn’t change anything if they are out, neither for them nor for us. It will be a different game for us, but also for them. We need a perfect game” said Mihajlovic.
