Focus switches to Juve trip; pre-match conference on Friday afternoon

Following yesterday’s win against Chievo Verona, Sampdoria were back at Bogliasco this morning to begin preparations for the last fixture of 2018, away to Juventus.

Those involved in the Boxing Day game went through a recovery session, while the rest of the squad had a full session.

Edgar Barreto and Bartosz Bereszynski worked on their returns to fitness separately, while Rafael Cabral was given the day off after coming down with flu.

The Blucerchiati have one final training session before the Juve game tomorrow morning, after which Marco Giampaolo will preview the game at the Allianz Stadium for the media at 12:45 CET (live tweets on Twitter, highlights on YouTube later in the day).