Juventus Turin – The last games
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And although the Bianconeri under the new coach Andrea Pirlo have long since caught on in terms of results (sovereign round of 16 in the premier class, Coppa Italia finals, six league wins from eight games), the impression that Turin lives up to its nickname in a negative way . The old lady limps, limps, bumps offensively.
Much is missing
This can be linked to a few things. Many opponents are staggered, which makes the space for tricky and fast players like Dejan Kulusevski or Federico Chiesa tight. Their work is often missed, just like the appropriate or rather desired development game in the central midfield leaves a lot to be desired. Ex-Barça pro Arthur is still not a big factor, Rodrigo Bentancur often makes simple mistakes, Adrien Rabiot lets the casualness shine through too badly, Aaron Ramsey is still waiting for the Juventus breakthrough since his Arsenal move in 2019. And to load all hope in the now firmly committed 22-year-old ex-Schalke Weston McKennie, who is certainly a very good reinforcement and regularly meets himself, would be asking too much after his relatively short time in Piedmont. If Alex Sandro is still running after his top form of the past days or Juan Cuadrado has to pass, then dangerous flanks have to be deleted from the offensive equation.
No wonder that some Juve fans want to go back to the old days with “feed suppliers” like Pirlo himself or Paul Pogba and dream of old storms consisting of David Trezeguet, Alessandro Del Piero, Roberto Baggio or Filippo Inzaghi.
Chiesa still saved a lot
Recorded the very important 1: 2 in Porto: Federico Chiesa.
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However, the topicality is crucial – and here Juventus is still represented in all three competitions with the aforementioned personal and playful problems, but an elimination could be imminent on Tuesday evening (9 p.m., LIVE! At kicker). The second leg in the Champions League round of 16 against FC Porto is just around the corner – and the first leg, well, has revealed what has just been described. The short version of the 90 minutes already completed: Sleepy hats after 63 (section 1) and 19 seconds (section 2), offensively chronic lack of ideas, a pomady overall appearance and a deserved 1: 2 bankruptcy. After all, Chiesa increased the chances of advancing with his late connection, a “simple” 1-0 is enough.
It is obvious who should do this goal best – and the Bianconeri don’t hide it on their social media accounts either. Cristiano Ronaldo, who was spared in the latest 3-1 win against Lazio for a long time, should transform himself into Mister CL again, after all, the 36-year-old not only has 134 premier class goals to show (1st place with a clear distance from Lionel Messi), but also all of them Turin Champions League knockout goals scored since his arrival in summer 2018 – apart from the aforementioned 1: 2 in Porto by Chiesa.
“Cristiano is always ready for this type of game”
It goes without saying that CR7 will be highly motivated. Defensive boss Leonardo Bonucci made this clear again at the UEFA press conference: “Cristiano is always ready for this kind of game. Some time ago he said he was would actually prefer to only play Champions League games. So you can well imagine how determined he will be at this game. ”
But it will still depend on the team, a little support for the European champions of 2016 would certainly be desirable, although coach Pirlo (“This is a final for us, we have to turn it around”) believes that he knows: “These are Cristiano’s games, He has always proven that. ”
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