Juve's star-studded squad contains a dozen players from different nations that contested the recent World Cup.
The All Stars will be captained by former Juventus star Alessandro Del Piero, who has spent the past two seasons with Sydney FC.
Del Piero says his A-League All Stars will find it difficult to upset Italian football champions Juventus on Sunday in a "strange" clash against his former club.
Del Piero, 39, is likely to play his final game in Australia in the ANZ Stadium fixture after spending the past two seasons with A-League side Sydney FC.
Prior to that stint, he starred for Juve over 19 seasons and caught up with some of the current team at a dinner in Sydney on Friday night.
"It is a strange feeling for sure, but until the moment I stand across from my former teammates in the tunnel, I don't now what will happen," All Stars captain Del Piero said on Saturday.
Juventus have a glittering cast of internationals including Italian icons Gianluigi Buffon and Andrea Pirlo and a host of foreign talent such as Frenchmen Paul Pogba and Patrice Evra and Argentinian Carlos Tevez.Del Piero recalled previously scoring at least one goal against Buffon from a penalty when the goalkeeper played for Parma before joining him at Juventus.
New Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri and Evra, who played in Manchester United's 5-1 win over the All Stars in Sydney last year, have warned their team to expect a much tougher game than their 8-1 rout of an Indonesian select side last Wednesday.
"Obviously Australian soccer has improved significantly in the
last (few) years," Allegri said.
All Stars coach Josep Gombau said all of his squad would play at some stage and while he ha
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