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Juventus boss Massimiliano Allegri confirms central midfielder Arturo Vidal will be fit for the defending champions Serie A opener against Chievo on Saturday. The Italian also reflects on thrashing a Singapore XI 5-0 in a pre-season friendly whilst the host's coach Bernd Stange offers his verdict on the match.

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SOUNDBITE (Italian) Massimiliano Allegri, Juventus coach:

"Arturo Vidal will be in the team next week against Chievo. And as for Carlos Tevez, I preferred to rest him tonight as I didn't want him to get injured. This is a precautionary measure I wanted to take."

SOUNDBITE (Italian) Massimiliano Allegri, Juventus coach:

"During this match, we had a good approach. This is what I wanted to see. The condition of the field wasn't good. In the second half, the performance of our defence was better than the first half."

SOUNDBITE (English) Bernd Stange, Singapore XI coach:

"The first half was quite exciting, even the performance of our Singapore selection, we gave a present with a free-kick and a penalty. But there was a little bit of feel about the way we want to play and everybody could feel there was a team on the pitch. Second half, they increase speed and power, we are lacking fitness, we broke all the youngsters..."