Milan: Cristiano Ronaldo looks set to return for Juventus on Saturday as Serie A leaders Milan head for Sampdoria seeking a boost ahead of their Champions League blockbuster against Barcelona next week.
Antonio Conte’s side are the only Italian team with maximum 15 points from five games with Maurizio Sarri’s champions Juventus second two points behind before they host struggling SPAL.
“Five wins in a row is no fluke, we’re getting into the right frame of mind,” said Conte, whose side followed up on their dire 1-1 European stalemate to Slavia Prague with wins in the Milan derby and against Lazio midweek.
“But we still have to grow a lot. We’re newborns at a project level,” added the former Chelsea boss of Inter who last won Serie A in 2010.
Eusebio Di Francesco’s Sampdoria have had a nightmare start to the season — with the Genoa club sinking to four defeats in five games.
Ronaldo, meanwhile, looks set to return for Juventus at home against SPAL having missed last weekend’s game against Brescia with a muscular problem, with the Turin giants hosting Bayer Leverkusen in Europe next week.
In Naples, Serie A runners-up Napoli host Mario Balotelli’s Brescia desperate for a win after their surprise midweek reversal to Cagliari but without defender Kalidou Koulibaly. (AFP)
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