Juventus vs Novara Calcio preview - Juve focused on Novara - Giaccherini - 7M sport

Juventus vs Novara Calcio preview - Juve focused on Novara - Giaccherini



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Posted Sunday, December 18, 2011 by PA

Juventus midfielder Emanuele Giaccherini insists his team will not be distracted by Wednesday's game at Udinese when they host Novara on Sunday.

The Turin giants end the year with a midweek match in Udine which could prove to be a battle for top spot in Serie A.

Antonio Conte's side head into this weekend top of the standings but level on 30 points with Udinese, who face Lazio in Rome on Sunday.

"Our only focus right now is on Novara," Giaccherini said. "Only on Monday will we concentrate on the game at Udinese.

"We certainly hope we will get maximum from those two games in order to go into 2012 in first place."

Juventus drew 1-1 at Roma last time out to extend their unbeaten league run to 14 games.

Novara, in contrast, are 19th in the standings - three points adrift of safety.

Attilio Tesser's men almost stunned Napoli last weekend but were denied their third win of the campaign after they conceded a late equaliser.

Giaccherini knows the promoted visitors cannot be taken lightly.

"We will face a team that will come here determined to get a result in their battle to avoid the drop," he said. "It will be difficult to find spaces up front and we will have to be patient to score."

Tesser, meanwhile, has urged his players to show the same spirit on Sunday that they displayed against Napoli.

"We could have beaten Napoli but the 1-1 draw is still a good result considering who we were facing," he said.

"Now we must show the same determination and hunger at Juventus."

Novara have not won on the road this season but will be bolstered by the return of defender Massimo Paci from injury and striker Riccardo Meggiorini from suspension.

The hosts will be without defender Leonardo Bonucci and midfielder Arturo Vidal, both suspended, as well as injured forward Mirko Vucinic.



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