{"id":63733,"date":"2026-08-03T02:02:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T02:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/63733\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T02:02:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T02:02:10","slug":"calcio-italiano-juventus-name-squad-for-exhibition-matches-in-perth-against-inter-milan-and-palermo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/63733\/","title":{"rendered":"Calcio Italiano: Juventus name squad for exhibition matches in Perth against Inter Milan and Palermo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Young star Kenan Yildiz will be hoping for a better Australian encounter than what he experienced at the World Cup when he makes the trip Down Under to lead a strong Juventus squad in Perth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Yildiz is among the headline acts in the Italian giants\u2019 31-man squad to feature in the Calcio Italiano exhibition matches in WA, with Juventus to come up against Inter Milan and Palermo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">The 21-year-old attacking midfielder was part of Turkiye\u2019s side that suffered a 2-0 loss to the Socceroos in their World Cup opener in June.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Another familiar Juventus face to Aussie fans from that tournament is Weston McKennie, who featured for the US against the Aussies in their second group match.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/7d93b3fa536bc32bbb8b184e7dc24c5a044ec7ef.jpg\" alt=\"Weston McKennie is part of the Juventus squad.\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconWeston McKennie is part of the Juventus squad. Credit: Dean Mouhtaropoulos\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Juventus arrived in Hong Kong on Monday ahead of a practice match against Premier League goliath Chelsea on Wednesday, before an expected arrival in Perth the following day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">They face Inter Milan at Optus Stadium on Saturday night before going up against Palermo at HBF Park next Tuesday, with matches to be screened on Seven and 7Plus.<\/p>\n<p>JUVENTUS SQUAD FOR WA TRIPGoalkeepers: Michele Di Gregorio, Mattia Perin, Carlo Pinsoglio, Sebastiano NavaDefenders: Zeki Celik, Bremer, Federico Gatti, Lloyd Kelly, Pierre Kalulu, Daniele Rugani, Andrea Cambiaso, Juan Cabal, Javier Gil PucheMidfielders: Manuel Locatelli, Teun Koopmeiners, Douglas Luiz, Arthur, Fabio Miretti, Weston McKennie, Augusto OwusuForwards: Francisco Concei\u00e7\u00e3o, Randal Kolo Muani, Kenan Yildiz, Edon Zhegrova, J\u00e9r\u00e9mie Boga, Arkadiusz Milik, Jonathan David, Justin Oboavwoduo, Adin Licina, Aaman Durmisi, Kerim Alajbegovic<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Young star Kenan Yildiz will be hoping for a better Australian encounter than what he experienced at the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63734,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[335,79,261],"class_list":["post-63733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-perth","tag-perth","tag-soccer","tag-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}