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Juventus vs. Sampdoria: Team News, Preview, Live Stream, TV Info
- Updated: May 13, 2016
Having lost in their previous outing, newly crowned champions Juventus will look to end their 2015/16 Serie A campaign on a high note, welcoming Sampdoria to Turin for the final league match of the season for both teams.
The Bianconeri delivered an abject display in that 2-1 defeat away to Hellas Verona on Sunday, giving them cause for alarm ahead of the Coppa Italia final on May 21. While Massimiliano Allegri was missing a number of key players for that game, the coach was clearly unimpressed with the fallout, as discussed in detail in this previous post.
26 – Juventus have lost after 26 Serie A games in a row unbeaten (W25, D1). Stop. #VeronaJuve
— OptaPaolo (@OptaPaolo) May 8, 2016
“A slip-up is only valuable if it makes the team learn from its mistakes,” Allegri told Mediaset Premium (h/t Football Italia). “Maybe we celebrated too much. Enough celebrating now. We’ve got to get our heads in the game, otherwise we risk going into the final without the right attitude.”
That makes this next match vital for Juventus, and their opponents arrive after some hugely disappointing results of their own. Sunday saw Sampdoria embarrassed by cross-town rivals Genoa, losing 3-0 to mark their first derby defeat since September 2013 and increase the pressure on coach Vincenzo Montella.
The Blucerchiati have won just one of their last five matches, falling to 15th in the Serie A table and prompting director of sport Carlo Osti to blast their poor form in an interview with Mediaset Premium (h/t Football Italia) shortly after the Genoa clash:
The fans were absolutely right to protest. The club apologises to the supporters for a game that was not up to Samp standards. This is a very ugly page of our failed season. The club did everything it could and there was nothing more we could do. The results were not visible and with cool heads we will evaluate the situation.
With both teams looking to sign off in style, an otherwise meaningless game …
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