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Juventus to miss injured Chiellini for two weeks, Allegri confirms

Massimiliano Allegri has confirmed that Giorgio Chiellini should only miss two weeks of action after hobbling out of Juventus' Coppa Italia defeat to Atalanta.

Chiellini suffered a calf injury and was substituted in the first half of Wednesday's match, although Allegri was confident afterwards it was not a serious issue.

And so it has proven, with the Bianconeri coach able to tell a news conference on Friday the captain should be back in "10 to 15 days".

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Allegri revealed that Martin Caceres - who returned for a third spell at the club this week - is in line to start in Chiellini's absence against Parma on Saturday, while Mario Mandzukic is back in attack.