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Christmas is cancelled at Juventus as Allegri aims for strong end to 2018

There will be no festive celebrations on December 24 and 25, as the Serie A leaders gear up for a match against Atalanta the very next day

Cristiano Ronaldo and his Juventus team-mates will have to forego the traditional Christmas feasting this year, as coach Massimiliano Allegri looks to finish 2018 with a bang on the pitch.

Juve have been in imperious form ever since the new season kicked off, winning 12 and drawing one of their first 13 Serie A games to race to the top of the table in Italy.

In the Champions League too, the Bianconeri qualified with ease for the last 16 with a game to spare, winning four games out of five so far with just a solitary defeat at the hands of Manchester United.