Giorgio Chiellini: 'Juventus can win treble this season'

Juventus' defender Giorgio Chiellini fights for the ball with Atalanta's Argentinian forward German Gustavo Denis during the Italian Serie A football match Atalanta Vs Juventus on September 27, 2014
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Juventus centre-back Giorgio Chiellini calls on his team to recover from their Supercoppa Italiana defeat to AC Milan by winning the treble this season.

Juventus centre-back Giorgio Chiellini has called on his team to bounce back from their Supercoppa Italiana defeat to AC Milan by winning Serie A, the Champions League and the Coppa Italia this season.

Juventus lost out to Milan on penalties during the final on December 23, but the Italian giants currently occupy first spot in Serie A and are favourites to overcome Porto in the last-16 stage of the Champions League.

Italian international Chiellini wants the Turin outfit to use the disappointment of the defeat against Milan to "enjoy a great ride" in the second half of the 2016-17 campaign.

"In 2014 when we lost the Supercoppa we got to the final of the Champions League. I hope it's a springboard into the next six months," he told La Gazzetta dello Sport.

"We are aware that it is not ideal, but we can achieve great results by winning the league, the Champions League and the Italian Cup. But to do this we must continue our daily work and showing the iron will that has brought us this far.

"The margins of improvement are there, but the key ingredient must be a commitment and the desire to improve. What happened will serve as a lesson, because in the coming months, as happened two years ago, we have to enjoy a great ride."

Juventus return to league action with a home game against Bologna on January 8.

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TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
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2Roma18122439182138
3Napoli18105340211935
4Lazio18104432211134
5AC Milan1710342720733
6Atalanta BCAtalanta1810262721632
7Inter Milan189362821730
8Torino188463627928
9Fiorentina187652824427
10AC Chievo VeronaChievo187471920-125
11Udinese187472424025
12Genoa186572122-123
13Sampdoria186572124-323
14CagliariCagliari187292742-1523
15Bologna175571722-520
16SassuoloSassuolo1852112433-917
17Empoli1835101026-1614
18Palermo1824121635-1910
19Crotone1723121432-189
20Pescara1816111433-199
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