Massimiliano Allegri:

“Winning the Cup would be another great page in the story of Juventus. We must play with great enthusiasm coming from tough matches against Milan and Bologna because, as Gigi rightly said, games against Milan are always tightly balanced and in a Final even more.


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“We will face a team that can give us trouble from set pieces with very technical players so we will have to be very focused and balanced. Tomorrow I expect the boys to give the fans, organization and me another great evening.”

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“Two out of Barzagli, Benatia and Rugani will start at center back…Manduzkic, De Sciglio and Sturaro were all back in training and everyone is available except for Chiellini and Howedes.

ON THE OTHER SIDE

“[Gattuso] is a football guy who you could see always wanted to be a coach. It’s not easy to sit on the Milan bench and he’s done very well getting good results.”

Gennaro Gattuso:

“For us it is our World Cup, we are full of enthusiasm and we feel the enthusiasm of the fans. I haven’t needed to motivate the guys for this, it’s a game that motivates you itself. Juventus have been a strong team in Italy and in Europe for the past seven years and they have a great mentality. We have to try, and if we can overcome this difficult obstacle, I’m sure that we can go on to do great things, I’m sure of that.

“We have to do two things: not give Juve anything, as with the quality of their players they will punish you, then we have to play our game courageously. Juve is a team full of champions, but they too have some defects, it will be a good game we can’t wait to get going and we hope that we won’t make the same mistakes as we did in the last 15 minutes in Turin.


“Cuadrado and Douglas Costa, are two players that can hurt you with speed, we have to be careful of them and stay level-headed. Tactically and technically we will need something more to win against Juventus.”

“Juve as a player gave me the feeling of a team with a great mentality, a great sense of belonging, a team that all the players who pull on that shirt are proud. The Juve world has always fascinated me because there is discipline and compactness, they know what they want to do and are ready to fight, I have always admired and envied this feeling. When we talk about Juve we talk about a great club, with great history, that is used to winning and continues to stay with a great mentality.”