31 March 2009

After two days and a half of rest, Ranieri and his team had their first training session of the week. Today saw the start of the approach to the return of the championship in view of Sunday’s afternoon match against Chievo.

The absentees consisted of the 11 internationals and Sissoko who began his physiotherapy. Amongst the players present was Amauri, who returned to Vinovo after the rehabilitation phase in Cesenatico. The striker underwent magnetic resonance tests and an x-ray which showed a good improvement to the problem suffered during the training session on the 12th of March. In order to complete his rehabilitation the Brazilian will continue undergoing therapy until the next tests are made at the beginning of next week.

On the field, apart from goalkeepers Chimenti, Manninger and Nocchi were another 16 players including Yago and three other Primavera players (De Paola, Alcibiade and Mirrarchi). Players under observation, Legrottaglie, Zanetti, Camoranesi and De Ceglie joined the group for the warm-up and ball possession exercises with long and short distances in order to regain their athletic form.

Alessio Secco and Jean-Claude Blanc, were at the Juventus Center. The Juventus general manager showed the sports centre to special guest Fabrizio Giugiaro, famous designer and great Juventus supporter, one of the prestigious brands that are contributing to the new stadium project.

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