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Juventus projected lineup vs SPAL: Juve reshuffles depleted midfield

By John Vaccaro

TURIN, ITALY - NOVEMBER 03: Rodrigo Bentancur of Juventus competes for the ball with Lucas Castro of Cagliari during the Serie A match between Juventus and Cagliari on November 3, 2018 in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Valerio Pennicino - Juventus FC/Juventus FC via Getty Images)
TURIN, ITALY - NOVEMBER 03: Rodrigo Bentancur of Juventus competes for the ball with Lucas Castro of Cagliari during the Serie A match between Juventus and Cagliari on November 3, 2018 in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Valerio Pennicino - Juventus FC/Juventus FC via Getty Images) /
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MILAN, ITALY – NOVEMBER 11: Cristiano Ronaldo (R) of Juventus FC celebrates his goal during the Serie A match between AC Milan and Juventus at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on November 11, 2018 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani/Getty Images)
MILAN, ITALY – NOVEMBER 11: Cristiano Ronaldo (R) of Juventus FC celebrates his goal during the Serie A match between AC Milan and Juventus at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on November 11, 2018 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani/Getty Images) /

ST: Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo has been one of the best players in Serie A so far this season. It has been more than 2 months since he has gone through an entire league match without scoring or assisting a goal. Over that time he has scored 8 goals and assisted 4 more over the course of 9 matches. His impressive performances have covered up Juve’s attacking struggles they’ve dealt with all season. Juve has looked disjointed and seems to lack a real strategy in their attack outside of feeding the ball to Ronaldo and hoping he does something spectacular with it. Juve will need him to have another special performance in this one because changing the formation and losing their best midfield playmaker definitely aren’t steps towards fixing the attacking issues.

ST: Mario Mandzukic

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Mario Mandzukic is currently in the midst of his best season at Juventus. He has scored 5 goals and assisted 2 others already this season in spite of recently missing time due to injury.

His outstanding work rate and his stature have made him an irreplaceable part of this Juve attack. We have yet to see him paired with Ronaldo in a striking tandem, but this could give Allegri a glimpse at another tactical option for this season. The wide midfielders and fullbacks should give Mandzukic plenty of service in the box and I wouldn’t be surprised if he added to his goal tally in this one.

GK: Wojciech Szczesny

Wojciech Szczesny once again showed why he is Juve’s first choice at keeper in the match against AC Milan. He wasn’t called into action often, but his save of Gonzalo Higuain’s penalty kept Juventus in the lead and in control of an important match.

dark. Next. Way too early Serie A Team of the Season

It doesn’t seem like Szczesny will be losing this job any time soon.

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