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Injured Buffon out for Juve

23 August 2012 12:33

Juventus will have to make do without injured goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon for their Serie A opener at home to Parma on Saturday.

Italy international Buffon picked up a muscle injury in training earlier this week, and Juve have now confirmed he will not be match fit in time for Saturday's curtain-raiser.

"Gigi Buffon has undergone MRI and ultrasound scans on his thigh after feeling some discomfort in Tuesday's training session," Juve said in a statement.

"The light injury will cause the 34-year-old to sit out Saturday's opening championship fixture against Parma."

Assistant coach Massimo Carrera will take charge of the Serie A champions in place of head coach Antonio Conte, who is serving a 10-month touchline ban for failing to report instances of match-fixing during his time at Siena.

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Serie A table

#	Team	MP	D	P
1	Juventus	38	+47	87
2	Napoli	38	+37	78
3	Milan	38	+28	72
4	Fiorentina	38	+28	70
5	Udinese	38	+14	66

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