Massimiliano Allegri will not allow his Juventus players to be distracted by their Champions League clash with Barcelona as he targets an “extraordinary” sixth straight Serie A title.

The Bianconeri will get an opportunity to try and avenge their Berlin defeat from 2015 when they meet Barca in the quarter-finals next month, but revenge is not on Allegri’s mind this afternoon.

Most pressing for the Juve coach is getting a positive result at Sampdoria as a victory would push the Turin side ever closer to clinching an historic sixth successive Scudetto.

On the eve of the match at the Marassi, he said: “We shouldn’t be getting carried away about playing Barcelona in the UEFA Champions League.

“Our quarter-final will be a fascinating tie, but first we have four other matches to worry about. Our primary objective is the league, because winning six titles in a row would be extraordinary.

“Sampdoria have won five and drawn two of their last seven matches. We need to be on top of our game.”

Allegri will not risk defender Giorgio Chiellini against Samp-doria, meaning Andrea Barzagli or Leonardo Bonucci will play alongside Daniele Rugani as fellow centre-back Medhi Benatia is out injured.

In the home camp, goalkeeper Emiliano Viviano is the only absentee as he serves a one-match ban.

Samp had, in recent years, been something of a bogey team for the all-conquering Bianconeri, beating them twice in 2012-13 and regularly holding them to draws.

However, that has changed with Juve plundering a 5-0 win last season and following it up with a 4-1 triumph in Turin back in October.

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