Football: Juve strong-minded not to relax

ROME: Manager Antonio Conte has urged his Juventus players to keep up the intensity ahead of today’s clash with Palermo to avoid wasting their recent winning form. Juve were toiling recently when six draws in seven games saw them drop to four points behind Serie A leaders AC Milan. But a 5-0 rout of 10-man Fiorentina set them back on the right track and Juve followed that up with crucial victories against Inter Milan and Napoli. However, captain Alessandro Del Piero is expecting the defeats of the clubs to increase confidence in the camp."The two wins in such difficult matches should give us a huge boost to continue on our path," said del Piero.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 7^th, 2012.