Genoa vs Juventus preview - Martin Caceres expects tough clash at Genoa as Juventus hunt for first win
Posted Saturday, September 19, 2015 by PA
Juventus defender Martin Caceres is confident his team will get their Serie A season up and running when they visit Genoa on Sunday afternoon.
The Italian champions have endured their worst-ever start to a campaign with just one point from three games.
But the club claimed a 2-1 victory over Manchester City at the Etihad stadium on Tuesday in the Champions League, with Spanish forward Alvaro Morata opening his goal account this season when scoring the winner.
"We are a good team and the game in Manchester confirmed this," Caceres said on his club's official website.
"Serie A is a difficult tournament and we expect a tougher game in Genoa than with respect to that of Manchester.
"We will try to give our best at the Marassi, the fact that we have many new players should not be used as an excuse."
Juve coach Massimiliano Allegri will be without injured midfielders Claudio Marchisio, Kwadwo Asamoah and Sami Khedira while Mario Mandzukic, who scored his first goal for Juve in midweek, will lead the attack alongside Morata.
Juve have not scored more than one goal in any of their Serie A games so far and are eager to do so come Sunday.
"We need to improve and it's early days," Morata said. "I want to score many goals for Juve.
"The important thing is that we return to win and climb up in the standings."
Genoa have won just one of their opening three matches and are facing Juve following a 1-0 defeat at Fiorentina.
The Grifoni have failed to score in two of their three games and summer signing Goran Pandev admits his team needs to step up their game.
"We have played two good games and not taken any points," the former Macedonia forward said. "We hope that on Sunday with the help of our fans, we can do well.
"Juventus is the strongest team in Italy and that gives us further motivation to do well.
"It's still early days and we are not 100 per cent in top condition but we are working hard to get to where we want to be as soon as possible."
Genoa, coached by Gian Piero Gasperini, beat Juventus 1-0 at the Luigi Ferraris stadium with a last-gasp winner last season.
The hosts are without midfielder Diego Perotti and striker Leonardo Pavoletti, with both sidelined by injuries.
To complicate matters for Gasperini, midfielder Tino Costa is ruled out for a month with a groin injury.
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