This year’s schedule after the Winter break is bizarre, with a Coppa Italia match-up to get things started and then the Supercoppa in Jeddah four days later. The League tweaked it to accommodate boxing day, but in my opinion it is preferable to play on January 6th, as it is tradition is Italy, and also a cup match in the weekend just does not feel right. Hopefully, they will go back to the previous format in 2020 with a new governance, because three games in a week after a two-week pause seems less than ideal for everybody involved. It would be nice if they were able to anticipate the arrival of Aaron Ramsey for a reasonable compensation, but that does not appear to be in the cards just yet.
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Probable lineup:
4-3-3: Szczesny; De Sciglio, Benatia, Bonucci, Spinazzola; Bentancur, Can, Khedira; Dybala, Kean, Ronaldo.
Injured players:
Mandzukic (thigh), Barzagli (quad), Cuadrado (knee).
