Juventus trained on Wednesday, and the first good news has arrived for Luciano Spalletti. Despite the break for international teams, with Italy playing France tomorrow, the Bianconeri worked on the pitch at the JTC. After today’s session, however, the manager decided to give several days of rest to the players who were not called up by their national coaches.
Conceição Is Back
The session included athletic work and exercises with the ball. The good news came from Francisco Conceição, who trained regularly with the rest of the group, even shooting at goal. The Portuguese forward, born in 2002, celebrated his return to the Continassa on social media, reposting a video of himself training in his stories with the caption “Back” and a smiling face.
He had suffered a dislocation of the glenohumeral joint in his left shoulder in the match against Lazio at the Allianz Stadium on 18 October. The recovery times have been respected, and the former Porto player should be available for Spalletti for the resumption of the league, in the Sunday lunchtime match on 22 November at home against Venezia.
Those who did not leave for international duty also worked with him: Boga, Kelly, Kolo Muani, Woltemade, Bremer and Rugani.
Four Days’ Rest
After the session came the “break ranks.” Spalletti gave his players four days of rest. The squad will reconvene on Monday at the JTC to begin the week that leads to the restart of the league. The eleven players called up by their national teams, Vicario, Çelik, Gatti, Lucumí, Cabal, McKennie, Sarr, Koopmeiners, Zhegrova, Ekhator and Alajbegović, were of course absent.
González and Cambiaso Expected for Venezia
The player who will be present on Monday is Nico González. The Argentine was absent today, still recovering from the low-grade tear of the right soleus suffered in the match against Rennes, but he will be with the rest of the group after the rest days. He should therefore be fit and available for Venezia, as should Andrea Cambiaso.
The player who will certainly be absent at the restart of Serie A is Pierre Kalulu, who is aiming to return for Como on 29 November. For December, the return of Kenan Yıldız is expected.
This matches the list in Tuttosport’s Monday piece, which pointed to Conceição, González and Cambiaso as part of its “three good pieces of news.” It means Spalletti could have the wide forwards available again for the first match after the break, a significant change from the Fiorentina game, when he had to do without eight players.
