Juventus vs. Udinese match preview: Time, TV schedule, and how to watch the Serie A

The wait is sort of over.

Juventus is sort of again. Max Allegri in contemporary go well with on the Juventus sideline is sort of again once more. Matthijs de Ligt and his large quads delivering crunching tackles is sort of again. Paulo Dybala, Cristiano Ronaldo and Federico Chiesa bombing ahead is sort of again.

Offseason, it’s a factor of the previous.

Come Sunday night time, the 2021-22 Serie A season is right here for Juventus.

Allegri 2.0 takes the sphere for a recreation that issues for the primary time this season on the Dacia Enviornment in Udine, with followers within the stands and the colourful seating sample not as prevalent because it was the final time Juventus made its option to the artist previously often known as the Friuli. It is step one in a undertaking that has one objective — to get Juventus again to the highest in Serie A in addition to again to being aggressive in Europe and finish the streak of early exits within the knockout rounds. However to get to that time, a number of the ills of final season should go by the wayside although this squad appears a lot just like the one Andrea Pirlo had outdoors of some gamers who’ve come and a pair others who’ve left.

Now, it goes with out saying that that is the type of recreation that gave Juve matches final season. Not as a result of the opposition is excellent — and to count on Udinese to be wherever near good this season could be a stretch contemplating they simply bought their greatest participant (Rodrigo De Paul) and their very proficient beginning goalkeeper (Juan Muso) this summer season — however on account of the truth that that is the type of match the place Juve dropped so many rattling factors final season. Chalk it as much as the first-year supervisor or simply easy ineffectiveness from the gamers that have been on the sphere, however

I don’t have to go any additional on that. Everyone knows what occurred.

However a part of the explanation why Allegri is again is as a result of he’s so adept at getting this membership by these sorts of matches the place Juve are the clear favourite no matter the truth that they’re enjoying away from residence.

The one factor that makes this greater than a few of these video games is the truth that it’s the season opener and it’s Allegri’s official return to the Juventus bench. Aside from that, you have a look at Juventus and also you have a look at Udinese, and it’s one workforce that wishes to problem for the Serie A title and the opposite one trying to not get relegated after seeing extra expertise go away than arrive this summer season.

It doesn’t matter what we’ve seen from this Juventus workforce during the last couple of weeks in friendlies — and it’s been encouraging ever for the reason that 3-0 loss to Barcelona in Spain — we’re about to seek out out step one in Allegri 2.0 and what all of it means. Juventus’ switch enterprise is probably going achieved, so that is the squad that Allegri has to work with for the 2021-22 season. Simply how far he can take them gained’t be decided in the course of the first weekend of the season, however begin has by no means harm anyone.

And particularly figuring out simply what sort of season Juve’s coming off, a win over a mid- or lower-table workforce would positively be a pleasant option to start the second stint with Max.

TEAM NEWS

• Juventus shall be carrying a brand new go well with supplier this season. Welcome, Loro Piana.
• MANUEL LOCATELLI!!!!!!!!
• Locatelli has been known as up regardless of solely having a few coaching classes together with his new Juventus teammates.
• Identical goes for Kaio Jorge, who additionally has a restricted variety of coaching classes with the primary workforce after popping out of quarantine earlier this week.
• Adrien Rabiot is unavailable on account of harm.
• Arthur is unavailable on account of harm.
• Weston McKennie is unavailable to suspension on account of his yellow card accumulation carrying over from the tip of final season. (He picked up a yellow in Juve’s 2020-21 season finale, subsequently will serve his suspension throughout Sunday’s 2021-22 season opener.)
• Everyone else needs to be obtainable for choice come Sunday night time.
• Sure, even Daniele Rugani and Mattia De Sciglio. They’re right here to remain in all chance and we must always get used to that with lower than two weeks to go earlier than the summer season transfer window formally closes.
• Right here is the total squad record known as up for the journey to Udine:

• An indication that Max Allegri is in midseason type together with his pre-match press convention quotes: “Dybala would be the captain tomorrow, if he performs.” IF, MAX? I feel we each know Dybala goes to be enjoying from the opening whistle. You sneaky satan.

JUVENTUS PLAYER TO WATCH

Let’s begin issues out with a bang, lets?

Photograph by Nicolò Campo/LightRocket by way of Getty Photos

NO, DAMMIT, NO. WHO DID THAT? WHO ALLOWED THIS TO HAPPEN?

/appears at self/

Properly, crap. This isn’t good, is it?

Right here we’re within the first weekend of the 2021-22 Serie A season. There are such a lot of methods we will go together with this decide. We might take Juve’s huge Dutch child boy and his fancy new buzz reduce. We might go together with the extremely-in-shape and Akita-loving Paulo Dybala. Or perhaps Danilo and his new jersey quantity.

However, no. With accidents within the midfield, Weston McKennie suspended and Manuel Locatelli nonetheless simply a few days into his new Juventus journey, there’s actually just one choice to play as a makeshift regista. And it simply so occurs to be the man that Max Allegri has been experimenting with during the last couple of friendlies this summer season.

So, Aaron Ramsey. As a regista. On the primary day of the brand new season. you needed it.

(And once I say “needed it,” I most likely imply the precise reverse of that.)

Can’t say I had that within the thought course of when Allegri began preseason coaching a number of weeks again. However, then once more, a lot of this midfield has made little to no sense during the last couple of years that Ramsey enjoying because the holding midfielder in entrance of the protection reasonably than, say, being on the roster of some random mid-table Premier League membership just like the one he left to return to Juventus is simply one other chapter on this unusual, unusual e-book.

But right here we’re.

Allegri’s midfield choices are reasonably restricted proper now, so you’ll be able to’t precisely discover fault in him going with Ramsey within the beginning lineup just because there’s not likely a lot on the market to select from. And if he’s intent on having Ramsey be an choice behind Locatelli because the deep-lying playmaker, then there’s just one manner for him to change into acquainted with it.

It’s not best or something near it. However with so many different midfielders unavailable and Locatelli simply now becoming a member of up together with his new workforce, Allegri has to regulate somewhat bit. And that first main adjustment is to proceed the Ramsey regista experiment.

Thrilling, isn’t it? (Don’t reply that.)

MATCH INFO

When: Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021

The place: Dacia Enviornment, Udine, Italy

Official kickoff time: 6:30 p.m. native time in Italy and throughout Europe; 5:30 p.m. in the UK; 12:30 p.m. Jap Time; 9:30 a.m. Pacific Time

HOW TO WATCH

Tv: CBS Sports activities Community (United States); CBS Sports activities Community, TLN (Canada); BT Sport 1 (United Kingdom)

On-line/cell: Paramount+ (United States); BTSport.com, BT Sport app (United Kingdom); DAZN (Italy)

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