A rare shining light in Serbia's shock 3-1 home defeat by Estonia on Friday, recent Juve buy Krasic will come up against club friend but defensive tough nut Giorgio Chiellini in the Euro 2012 Group C qualifying match in Genoa.
"We hope he gets a cold," Chiellini, back to form after suffering during the Azzurri's woeful World Cup, told reporters.
"Juve coach Luigi Del Neri has told us Juventus players to show some caution when we meet him because Juve need him. But if I need to give him a whack, I won't stop myself."
Krasic could face two Juve centre-backs if Leonardo Bonucci recovers from a blow to the foot sustained in Friday's patchy 0-0 draw in Northern Ireland, which still kept Italy top of the group with seven points from three games given Serbia's defeat.
Italy coach Cesare Prandelli could give Palermo's Cesare Bovo his first cap if Bonucci is not fit but is unlikely to radically alter Friday's side despite the lack of cutting edge, with Marco Borriello hoping to cling on to the striker's jersey.
"To score we need a bit more nastiness, which we're lacking. But I've seen a squad with personality," Prandelli said.
"We meet a wounded team and I would have preferred it wasn't like that, Serbia's defeat makes the game more complicated. But the plan is not to make substantial changes."
"We'll have to reshuffle and we'll go to Italy confident and with our heads up as it's the only way to bounce back," he said.
"We are up against a top level team and unless we are fully focused on the task ahead, we have no chance of getting something out of that game," the blond midfielder said.
"We are still a good team and I am certain we will raise our game to the best of our abilities for the Italians."
Captain Dejan Stankovic, who has spent 12 years in Italian football with Lazio and present club Inter Milan, added: "We had a very bad day against the Estonians but when the going gets tough, the tough get going and that's what we have to do."
