Juventus coach Allegri: Higuain can make Napoli; it should be spectacular

Published on: 30 November 2017

Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri is confident Gonzalo Higuain will be fit for Friday's showdown with Napoli.

The striker had to have surgery on his hand earlier this week, putting him in serious doubt for the reunion with the Partenopei.

“[Stephan] Lichtsteiner is out," Allegri confirmed.

“[Juan] Cuadrado has trained a little, along with [Federico] Bernardeschi but they should be available, I'll see what the situation is today.

“As for Higuain… the hand is definitely painful, but he could be available. We'll see today, let's say I'm confident.

“Let's see how he is, how much pain he's in, because it's pointless risking a player for one game when we have another 30 between now and the end of the season.

“So we need to judge things well, together with him.

"Would he play if it was the Coppa Italia final? Well, it isn't the Coppa Italia final, we have 30 games ahead of us so...

"Really, I don't know what condition he'll be in. I know his hand isn't good, it's sore, so let's see tomorrow.

"Today Gonzalo has given me his full availability, so we'll try to be confident."

Allegri continued: “We're playing in Naples, with a full stadium, so it should be a nice night of sport and football and I hope it is. There should be a spectacular game, because it will have technical players in it.

“It's an important game, which we have to face as the great team Juventus are, with great respect for Napoli.

“Right now Napoli are ahead of us, they're favourites for the Scudetto and we need to be good at chasing and keeping up with them, getting to March in the best condition to make the final push.

“Tomorrow is an important step, but not a decisive one."

Source: tribalfootball.com

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