Max Allegri will consider whether to field Miralem Pjanic against a 'brilliant' Fiorentina: 'It'll be difficult'.
The Bianconeri haven't been handed an easy introduction to the season, as they start off tomorrow evening at 19:45 GMT against their bitter rivals from Florence.
“I'll evaluate today and tomorrow morning whether Pjanic is in a condition to play,” Allegri told the Press in his first Serie A conference of the season. “As for [Patrice] Evra, he took a knock but he should certainly be available.
Max Allegri will consider whether to field Miralem Pjanic against a 'brilliant' Fiorentina: 'It'll be difficult'.
The Bianconeri haven't been handed an easy introduction to the season, as they start off tomorrow evening at 19:45 GMT against their bitter rivals from Florence.
“I'll evaluate today and tomorrow morning whether Pjanic is in a condition to play,” Allegri told the Press in his first Serie A conference of the season. “As for [Patrice] Evra, he took a knock but he should certainly be available.
“This year, once again, we had five new players coming in. And we've only had 17 days to work together, so we'll certainly need a bit of time.
“That's why in the first few matches, over and beyond the question of playing well, we need an important approach in terms of character. These are difficult games, all the more so because we are at the beginning of the seaosn.
“Fiorentina is just such a game. You can tell by looking at them last year, and by their statistics, that they always do well in the first half of the season.
“They're a brilliant team, with very much technique, and they changed nobody. They still have the same players they did last year, so they'll have an advantage compared to us.
“Right now we have two teams inside of one team. One is in a certain condition, the other is in a different condition.
“Obviously we need eleven players from that pool, and I've already chosen seven.”