Defence is also a big issue for Juve. At times the likes of Robert Kovac, Igor Tudor and Jean-Alain Boumsong have been less then impressive.

防守同样是尤文需要解决的一个问题，像科瓦奇，图多尔，布姆松的表现总是那么不让人信服。

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Players missing include defensive stalwarts Igor Tudor of Juventus and Bayern Munich's Robert Kovac, top scorer Davor Suker, now with 1860 Munich, and Middlesbrough striker Alen Boksic.

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Simunic, who has looked strong since his international debut in November last year, is joined in defence by two other Bundesligas players, Bayern Munich's Robert Kovac and Bayer Leverkusen's Boris Zivkovic.

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