Aston Villa vs Juventus: Vlahovic status still uncertain

Dusan Vlahovic will miss Juventus’ Serie A game against Milan and remains a doubt for...

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Dusan Vlahovic will miss Juventus’ Serie A game against Milan and remains a doubt for next week’s Champions League game against Aston Villa. The Serbian striker suffered an injury while on international duty earlier this week and will be During a pre-match press conference on Friday, Juventus coach Thiago Motta admitted that he still doesn’t know whether Vlahovic will return in time for next week’s Champions League game against Aston Villa. “I still don’t know if he’ll be back against Aston Villa.

Surely he is not available tomorrow,” said Motta. “Hopefully, he will return as soon as possible.” Juventus have seven points in the opening four Champions League games this term.



Vlahovic is their best scorer, with nine goals in 16 appearances across all competitions. The other Juventus centre-forward, Arkadiusz Milik, is also injured, so Juventus are the only unbeaten team in Serie A this season and have 24 points in 12 league matches, just two below table leaders Napoli..