Juventus vs Cremonese: Fagioli and Bremer Secure 2-0 Win for the Old Lady in Serie A

Juventus report cards

Mattia PERIN 6 – One save in each time: on a very weak shot by Okereke and on a timid shot by Valeri. The bare essentials.

Federico CATS 6 – Evening of total control, he comes forward in the final with a header straight on goal.

Gleison BREMER 7 – In defense there is almost no need for him, so he becomes the protagonist with the fourth center in the league, all at the Allianz Stadium.

DANILO 6 – Often in advance, especially between the first and last fifteen minutes of the match. Not always accurate in his own half.

John SQUARE 6 – It lights up from the beginning of the second half, but without particularly affecting.

Nicol ò FAGIOLI 7,5 – Unblock the scoring with a glacial right that pierces a Carnesecchi so far impressive. Earlier he’d set the crowd ablaze with a few perfect hauls. Amazing foot.

Leandro PAREDES 6.5 – Well in the control room, good game intuitions, he’s the corner from which the 2-0 starts. He’s in great shape now.

Adrien RABIOT 6 – Starts strong, pushing together with the Chiesa-Pogba axis, then decreases in intensity until he has the ball of a possible set, sensationally stopped on the line.

Federico CHURCH 7 – He hesitates in the first moments, but proves to have a good leg and finds confidence as the minutes go by. So much so that the best actions of the bianconeri almost always pass from his feet as long as he is on the pitch, like the magnificent slalom before the assist for Fagioli.

Dal 67′ Samuel ILING JUNIOR 6 – Proactive impact on the match with some flames and verticalization.

Paul POGBA 6,5 – 22 minutes at full speed before the body betrays him: he leaves the field covering his face with his shirt. Humanly it is a disgrace: only he knows how much he had wanted to break a fast of over a year without a starting shirt. Overconfidence?

Far 24′ Arkadiusz MILIK 6.5 – He moves well in the area, he has the clearest chance of Juve in the first half and for a millimeter matter he doesn’t find personal joy.

From 83′ Moise KEAN 6 – He gets himself a couple of opportunities in about ten minutes.

Dusan VLAHOVIC 5,5 – The only “rejected” match against Cremonese. He lost confidence in the first leg against Sevilla, he hoped to find it again against the newly promoted side and instead… a series of timid shots that didn’t even reach the goalkeeper. He has yet to find the way to score for more than two consecutive matches in black and white.

From 67′ Angel DI MARIA 6 – Decorate his takeover with some of his usual genius and potential assists.

Herd Massimiliano ALLEGRI 6 – This time the starting eleven is not wrong and the match goes quite smoothly, apart from Pogba. Here, by the way, one doubt remains: was it worth using him from the 1st just on the eve of such a delicate match?

The Cremonese report cards

Marco CARNESECCHI 6.5 – He can’t work miracles, but for those 55 minutes of clean sheets there is much of his merit.

James QUAGLIATA 5 – Barricaded in his own half, Ballardini replaces him at half-time hoping for something more.

From 46′ Emanuele VALERI 6 – The most dangerous of the Grigiorossi in the offensive phase. An involuntary cross-shot and a shy shot is much more than the rest of the team combined.

Alex FERRARI 5,5 – Challenge Chiesa openly: a match in which he takes the lead in the first half, but ends up knocked out in the long run.

From 67′ Michele CASTAGNETTI 5.5 – Come in for a more offensive Cremonese, but the substance doesn’t change.

Vlad CHIRICHES 7 – An insurmountable wall, he doesn’t give up even after the goal conceded. Indeed he makes two absurd saves.

Luka LOCHOSHVILI 6 – Resisted for 55 minutes, then the decline was physiological after the goal conceded.

From the 70′ Leonardo SERNICOLA 5.5 – Unlucky (and a little distracted) in the rebound that gives Bremer the 2-0.

Johan VASQUEZ 5.5 – The first pole to fall in the slalom of Chiesa for the black and white advantage. And from there the defensive castle collapses.

Mark BENASSI 5 – His presence is almost invisible.

From 67′ Cristian BUONAIUTO 5.5 – Nothing has changed since he entered the field.

Soualiho MEITE 6 – The most proactive of the Grigiorossi in midfield. At least he cheers us up for a while.

Pablo GALDAMES 5 – The same goes for at least half of the team: he’s submissive.

Felix AFENA-GYAN – Team closed in defense, its contribution to the match is null. Ballardini picks him up at the interval.

From the 46′ Daniel CIOFANI 5.5 – He enters with a fighting spirit, either because of the mask he wears, but as the minutes go by, the inertia of the group follows.

David CHURCH – He has a couple of opportunities in the first half, at the start of the second half he could also injure a loose ball in the area. His performance can be defined in just one skimpy shot.

Herd Davide BALLARDINI 5.5 – Try to change the tactical setup several times to try to snatch at least one point, at the start of the second half you can see something then the dark. Salvation remains a mirage: unless you are fourth from last, it might not be enough to win them all between now and the end of the championship.