Milan, Sept 11: Champions Juventus host surprise Series A leaders Chievo on Saturday hoping to kick-start their season while Mario Balotelli is eyeing his first start for AC Milan when they face Inter in the Milan derby.
Juventus's start to the fledgling season has been anything but positive, Massimiliano Allegri's men slipping to two consecutive defeats to sit in the unfamiliar reaches of the table's bottom four.
Given Juventus, the four-time consecutive champions, have never succumbed to two opening defeats, the vultures are already circling above Turin.
"Something has changed," former AC Milan and Inter player Andres Guglielminpietro told La Gazzetta dello Sport.
Only months after Juventus capped a rare league and Cup double-winning season by progressing to the Champions League final, where they were beaten by Barcelona, the champions are certainly stuttering as they adapt to life without three players who proved crucial in recent campaigns Arturo Vidal, Andrea Pirlo and Carlos Tevez.    AFP