Roberto Mancini will be very happy to see Carlos Tevez again when his Galatasaray side meet Juventus in the UEFA Champions League.
The Italian signed a three-year deal at the Turkish champions on Monday after Fatih Terim paid the price for a poor start to the campaign that saw the side win just once in five domestic fixtures.
Mancini s first match in charge sees Galatasaray travel to the Juventus Stadium to face the Serie A champions in Wednesday s Group B fixture.
The game will see Argentina international striker Tevez reunited with Mancini, the duo having worked together at Manchester City.
The pair are believed to have endured something of a fractious relationship at City and famously fell out when Tevez refused to come off the bench in a Champions League fixture against Bayern Munich in September 2011.
But Mancini insists he is looking forward to meeting up with a player who was part of the City team that won the Premier League during the 2011-12 season.
Speaking ahead of the Juventus game, he said: I ll be very happy to see Tevez again.
He s a great player and we made history together with Manchester City in England.
Mancini admits it is not an ideal situation preparing for the Juve game a matter of hours after being named manager, with the pressure further amplified by the team s 6-1 drubbing at home to Real Madrid in the first group stage game.
But the 48-year-old is hopeful of a good performance.
He added: It s certainly a handicap to take the reins on the eve of the game, but we ll look to make the best of it.
It will be strange because I only met the squad (on Monday), but we hope we ll be able to put in a good performance.
I m not fully familiar with all of the players, thankfully the international break is coming soon so I ll get to know them better.
The first game was a difficult one, but we ve got five left and we ll look to qualify from the Champions League group stages.
It will be a difficult game because Juventus are an excellent team. (Antonio) Conte has done a great job.
