Juve out to break Parma hoodoo

Juventus coach Antonio Conte has urged his side to end their hoodoo against Parma when the two sides meet on Sunday.
The club have lost their past three games against Parma in Serie A and will be keen to start the new campaign with a win in the recently opened Juventus Stadium.
Conte, who will appear in his first game in charge of the Turin giants, took over as coach where he made 296 appearances in the summer and has admitted he is looking forward to the task at hand.
“Ok, I admit it, I’m very excited, there’s no point hiding it,” the 42-year-old said on Saturday.
“This isn’t a job like any other, I’ll be emotional but also very lucid, that’s for sure, but this eve of a match is different to any other.”
“We’re playing a Parma side who have beaten us in our last three matches so we’re going to put our antenna facing the right direction and start with a bang.”
The former Siena coach has promised fans that the side will play an entertaining brand of football and also stated that he believes Italian football is in line for a new dawn of attacking football, following the eye-catching 2-2 draw between Lazio and Milan on Friday night.
“I don’t know if we will be there yet [challenging for the title] but I know we’re on the right path, and that’s playing good football,” he said.
“They played football [Lazio and Milan], always trying to beat each other. In Italy we’re still backwards, trying too much to defend a result but that mentality is changing.”
Conte, meanwhile, is in the welcome position of having a full squad to choose from for their Serie A opener.
The club was busy in the transfer window with a number of players joining the squad.
“At a medical level I have the whole squad available, but I’ll have to check after training today, and [Mirko] Vucinic and [Milos] Krasic are back,” he told Corriere dello Sport.
“That said, for me the games [that] are won will determine the players who will compete and progress. Saturday’s training will show who have been able to train more with us and understand our philosophy.”