Tudor confirms double Juventus injury boost for crucial Lazio clash | OneFootball

Igor Tudor has confirmed that he will welcome two key first-team players back to his matchday squad for the upcoming Serie A match against Lazio, which has been dubbed a Champions League play-off by various outlets in Italy.

The fourth-placed Juventus will travel to the capital to take on the sixth-placed Lazio in Serie A on Saturday evening.

Both teams are level on points ahead of kick-off, Roma are between the two sides in the table, also on 63 points, while Bologna sit just one point behind the three of them with three league matches left to play.

Tudor confirms Vlahovic and Gatti returns for Lazio-Juventus

Speaking at his pre-match press conference on Friday afternoon, Tudor confirmed that he will have both Dusan Vlahovic and Federico Gatti back at his disposal.

TURIN, ITALY – DECEMBER 17: Dusan Vlahovic of Juventus celebrates scoring his team’s first goal during the Coppa Italia match between Juventus FC and Cagliari Calcio at Allianz Stadium on December 17, 2024 in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Images)

Though he did not give any confirmations either way, Tudor hinted that Vlahovic is in contention to start, while Gatti, who has been out for a longer stretch, is likely to sit among the substitutes.

“Dusan is fine, he did the whole week with us,” Tudor confirmed during his pre-match press conference, reported via TMW.

“The others will not be there, though, apart from Gatti, who trained with us for a small part and will be on the bench.”

TURIN, ITALY – DECEMBER 14: Federico Gatti of Juventus celebrates scoring his team’s first goal during the Serie A match between Juventus and Venezia at Allianz Stadium on December 14, 2024 in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Images)

Vlahovic has missed the last two and a half Serie A matches with an injury that forced him off at half-time of Juve’s recent 1-0 loss against Parma.

Gatti, meanwhile, has been out of action since the end of March with a fractured fibula.

With no other players expected to return in time to face Lazio, Juventus will again be without Andrea Cambiaso, Teun Koopmeiners, Lloyd Kelly, Bremer, Juan Cabal and Arkadiusz Milik.