Rome (AFP)

Adrien Rabiot for Juventus and Mario Balotelli for Brescia hold the season for the first time on Tuesday in the match of the fifth day of Serie A between the two teams on the pitch of the promoted.

Back in Italy, in the club of the city where he grew up, Balotelli made his debut this season after serving a suspension of four matches, legacy of his passage in Marseille, concluded on a violent tackle against the Montpellier Daniel Congré.

His coach announced on Saturday that the striker would be in the group but did not say whether he would start on the bench or on the pitch.

Rabiot on his side will know his first tenure with Juventus. The former Parisian had played 25 minutes in the first day against Parma before staying on the bench, victim of the excellent start to the season of Blaise Matuidi.

With a series of very close matches, Maurizio Sarri this time decided to leave Matuidi on the bench of substitutes and to give a chance to Rabiot, arrived free this summer in Turin after six months without playing at Paris SG, with which he was in conflict.

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