Juve try to put stormy week behind them

Serie A leaders Juventus will try to extend their run of home wins this weekend after a turbulent week which featured a defeat away to Fiorentina and a backlash over a new club emblem.

The Turin side have won their last 26 home league games in Serie A but fourth-placed visitors Lazio have the potential to put that record to the test tomorrow.

Juve remain one point clear of Roma at the top of Serie A with a game in hand and still on course for a sixth successive title but recent events have hinted that their domestic stranglehold is being loosened.

Coach Massimiliano Allegri was publicly critical of his team after Sunday’s 2-1 defeat, their fourth in Serie A this season, which prompted the almost inevitable speculation in the Italian media about his leadership.

“Teams such as Fiorentina and Genoa play the game of a lifetime against us, so we must always raise our energy levels and give everything, because that’s what the opposition do with us,” he said.

“It’s going to be a battle and we need to fight it out for every single point from here to May 28. It won’t be easy.”

On Monday, the club got a mixed reaction after unveiling an emblem featuring a minimalist white letter J on a...