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“We still need to work out how we're going to line up in defence because Chievo have various different options in attack, but that’s something I’ve already thought about.

“We'll take a 22-man squad to Verona. Giovinco, Llorente and Padoin will all travel.”

Finally, the Coach commented on their Champions League group, which includes Atletico Madrid, Olimpiakos and Malmo.

“Group A features four reigning champions. It’s not an easy draw and more finely poised than it may look.”

Allegri has also named his squad that will travel to Verona:

Juventus squad: Buffon, Romulo, Caceres, Ogbonna, Pogba, Pepe, Marchisio, Tevez, Coman, Giovinco, Llorente, Bonucci, Padoin, Asamoah, Vidal, Lichtsteiner, Storari, Evra, Rubinho, Pereyra, Mattiello, Marrone.

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Five games out of five and tongues began wagging a little. Might Ezio Pascutti's record of 10 consecutive goalscoring matches dating back more than 30 years finally be under threat?

The Bologna hitman set that mark back in 1962-63 with a sequence which also began, coincidentally, on the opening day of the campaign. His goalscoring rush put the Rossoblu into a three-way Scudetto fight with Juventus and Spal from Ferrara although they would eventually fade away to finish fourth. Highlight of his achievement was a hat-trick in the 7-1 thrashing of local rivals Modena. Injury would ultimately bring his run to an end as he was unable to play against Sampdoria in the 11th week of the campaign. Who knows how much further he might have extended his run without that blow?

But it still set a mark which would stand for more than three decades and also brought Pascutti back into the headlines as Batistuta closed in on his milestone.