It is destiny that this season Juve will never be able to be completely happy. He beat Cremonese, took second place alone, broke away a little more from Lazio and above all from Milan, fifth in the standings and sent to -8, but lost again to Pogba.
It was finally Juve that Allegri hoped to field for all (or almost all) of the season and which instead he had just found. Paul Pogba started for the first time, after 390 days from his last match played from the start at Anfield Road with the Manchester United shirt, it was 19 April 2022. Then Chiesa and Vlahovic together, as always happened in Florence’s time and as rarely happened in black and white. AND Di Maria on the bench only because he could become a decisive resource during the game.
POGBA – Five days before the return of the Europa League semi-final in Seville, it was a more than encouraging situation. Let’s correct the verb: it would have been an encouraging situation because in the 22nd minute Paul Pogba stopped, touched his left thigh and threw himself down, physically and morally. Lying on the Allianz Stadium lawn waiting for the Juve doctors to tell him what he already knew and for this reason he was already crying: muscle problem in his left quadriceps. If all goes well, that is if Juve reaches the Europa League final, there are five more games to play, but now Allegri cannot count on the Frenchman’s recovery.
THEN CHURCH – Pogba was playing well, fast, technical, attentive, at the service of the team, also precious in recovering the ball. He played on the left side, usually occupied by Rabiot, for ship in speed Church. The coach’s idea was right and the Frenchman was creating serious problems for Ballardini’s defence. Then the injury, the entry of Milik in his place and the consequent slowdown in the Juventus game. To overcome the thick Cremona barrier we needed an acceleration, which arrived after 10′ of the second half against Chiesa. Attack left: throw of Beans for the former viola, snap, dribbling, touch for Fagioli who was coming in tow and a blow under the crossbar. The ex’s goal gave Juventus a record that makes his season clear: it is the team that has scored the most goals with players born from 2000 onwards. VICTORY WITHOUT DOUBTS – Juventus had finally translated into a goal evident supremacy, made up of ball possession (with peaks of 77 percent) and many conclusions (in the end 24 to 3). La Cremonese didn’t have a plan B or, if she had prepared one, she failed to put it into practice. She defended herself strongly, leaning on a monumental Chiriches (at least three goals saved), once underneath she didn’t have the strength to react. Juve controlled and when Allegri also sent Di Maria on, he intensified his offensive production. Fideo sent Milik into the net, but the linesman and then the Was they canceled it for offside. The 2-0 came with a header from Bremer (best scorer as a central defender in Serie A if you consider all competitions, that’s 5 goals) with ten minutes to go.
Curiosity: with the 3 points against Cremonese, Juventus became the first Italian team to reach 4,800 points in Serie A, to be exact there are 4,801. In the field they are these, then it will be up to the courts to confirm them or remove a part of them.