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Empoli vs Juventus. Italian Serie A.

Carlo CastellaniAttendance14,698.

Empoli 0

  • L Tonelli (sent off 95th minute)

Juventus 2

  • A Pirlo (61st minute)
  • Á Morata (72nd minute)

Serie A: Massimiliano Allegri has urged his Juventus players to forget their midweek agony at Genoa

Juventus' coach Massimiliano Allegri
Image: Massimiliano Allegri: Thought Juve were unlucky at Genoa

Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri has urged his players to forget their midweek agony at Genoa and focus on beating Empoli on Saturday.

A stoppage-time goal from Genoa's Luca Antonini inflicted a first league loss of the campaign on Juventus and allowed Roma to join them on 22 points at the top of Serie A.

With fellow title hopefuls Roma and Napoli facing each other in Naples on Saturday, Allegri is urging his team to bring home a win from Tuscany.

"We didn't deserve to lose at Genoa," Allegri said. "But we move forward and concentrate on Saturday's match.

"I expect a difficult game because Empoli are a team that play good football. But our aim as always is to win and we know we cannot fail.

"We must return to winning ways."

Victory at Empoli would be a boost in confidence for Juventus, who host Olympiacos in the Champions League on Tuesday.

Juventus have won one and lost two of their opening three Group A games in Europe's elite club competition so far.

The Bianconeri are third in their pool and will aim to beat the Greek side to revive their hopes of progressing to the knock-out stages.

"Tomorrow's game at Empoli will be an important preparation in view of Tuesday's match," Allegri said.

"We have a big game next week but our focus right now is on Empoli."

Allegri is set to rest leading goalscorer Carlos Tevez, in view of Tuesday's match, and field instead Sebastian Giovinco alongside Alvaro Morata in attack.

The hosts are without injured defenders Patrice Evra, Martin Caceres and Andrea Barzagli.

Empoli go into the encounter at the Carlo Castellani stadium having endured a difficult week.

Maurizio Sarri's side lost 4-0 at home to Cagliari before falling 3-1 at Sassuolo on Tuesday.

Empoli have won just one of their opening nine league games and are 17th in the standings, one place and one point clear of the relegation zone.

"We need to continue to work hard and eventually results will come our way," head coach Sarri said. "We will try to give a good performance against Juve, knowing that we face the strongest team in the competition."

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