Juve players ill before Monaco

By Football Italia staff

Carlos Tevez, Arturo Vidal and Alvaro Morata were all ill before Juventus faced Monaco, it’s revealed.

Vidal had already been in doubt after suffering from tonsillitis earlier this week, skipping Monday’s training session with a high temperature.

However, it’s been confirmed another bug has been going through the Juve squad and debilitated the players ahead of their Champions League quarter-final.

“Tevez until two hours beforehand was in doubt to play at all because he was vomiting for two days straight,” explained Coach Max Allegri.

It seems that illness spread to team-mate Morata, as Sport Mediaset report the Spaniard was physically sick straight after his substitution.

“It’s a virus and it is spreading. Vidal started, then Tevez and Morata was sick on the bench,” added Allegri in his Press conference.

“This proves what fantastic lads they are, as even during difficulties they still managed to do well.”

This could go some way to explain the sluggish performance from the Bianconeri in Monaco.

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