Coach Max Allegri views JuventusMilan as 'an opportunity to climb one more step in the standings'.

The two Serie A giants clash tomorrow evening at 19:45, though inevitably Allegri's first comments in his Press conference went to the tragic events in Paris.

“It's a delicate historical moment, but we'll certainly play in total security,” he said. “I thought very much about my players in Paris and the moments they must have passed, along with everyone else there. Tomorrow should be a beautiful day of sport.

Coach Max Allegri views Juventus-Milan as 'an opportunity to climb one more step in the standings'.

The two Serie A giants clash tomorrow evening at 19:45, though inevitably Allegri's first comments in his Press conference went to the tragic events in Paris.

“It's a delicate historical moment, but we'll certainly play in total security,” he said. “I thought very much about my players in Paris and the moments they must have passed, along with everyone else there. Tomorrow should be a beautiful day of sport.

“I talked with the lads and they seemed fine. [Paul] Pogba, [Sami] Khedira and [Patrice] Evra passed some difficult moments.

“It's good that they returned to Turin and found a more stable atmosphere.”

The Old Lady lost many players to injury, and Allegri went through their conditions on the whole.

“We'll see today about [Gianluigi] Buffon's physical condition but it seems like he's fine, I just have to evaluate before confirming he can play tomorrow.

“[Stephan] Lichtsteiner and [Mario] Mandzukic trained with the team, [Martin] Caceres came in this morning and they'll have to evaluate the entity of his damage, if there was any.

“[Kwadwo] Asamoah is unavailable due to more trouble with his knee, his doctor in Barcelona estimated his recovery time at seven to ten days.

“[Simone] Padoin should be available at the end of next week, while [Roberto] Pereyra is recovering well but will have to be evaluated in a week.”

Finally, Allegri discussed the game itself and what it means to him.

“Right now what we have to think of, as Juventus, is that tomorrow we have the opportunity to reach and overtake Milan.

“Juve-Milan is always one of the most important games in Serie A and our objective is to climb another spot in the standings. Tomorrow we have that opportunity.

“Then we'll be aiming to reach the next step in the Champions League, and then the Coppa Italia.

“What matters is making results consecutive. We won two games in a row, we hadn't done that yet this year.

“Tomorrow's game won't be easy, on the contrary. Milan are emerging from three wins and two draws, they're on a good path even though we're both very distant from the top of the standings.”

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