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Undefeated after six months, Juve found their defense

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TORINO. There is something so ancient and at the same time so new in this Juve that returns to smile for having the victory regained and above all for the immaculate defense. The perfect night in Malmö brings back what used to be a wholly black and white tradition, but which in recent times had turned into a kind of utopia. Too many goals conceded to opponents to be true Juve, with a black series inaugurated last March against Lazio and interrupted only the other night in the Champions League after 19 official matches (between league and cups) with 26 goals conceded. Even in the four summer friendlies the bianconeri have not been able to keep the clean sheet and only now has the first time arrived without blemish and without fear. «This is an important signal – underlines Massimiliano Allegri after the 3-0 on Swedish soil – as well as a good thing. At the end of the first half I asked the guys to finish the game without goals, because that too gets you used to not being affected and takes away some anxiety. Then Szczesny played a good match, his match ».

The Juventus restoration will not be immediate and will be done piece by piece, but for Allegri it was essential to return to having a compact, attentive and hermetic team. A clue does not make a test, and the match on Sunday evening at the Stadium against Milan will be the first real test, but the debut in Europe has allowed us to rediscover those certainties and habits that seemed to have been badly lost. “By working we can improve many things – explains the Juventus coach, who did not skimp on screams, warnings and orders to avoid drops in tension even when the game was over – but it takes time, results on our side and knowledge”. Allegri, after the transfer market and the break in the national teams, has practically not had the opportunity to coach a new team, which, moreover, must change the way of playing compared to the management of Sarri and Pirlo. Stability, however, passes from the flexible 4-4-2 seen in Malmö where the old guard (Bonucci, Alex Sandro, Cuadrado, Dybala and Morata) was decisive in every respect and the new faces gave positive signals. «Locatelli arrived not even a month ago – Allegri recalls – and Rabiot doesn’t even know his potential. Now we have to set ourselves a goal and see where we will be in the second stop of the championship, the one in November ». The recovery plan also includes the return of Chiesa, the management of captain Chiellini and the building of team spirit, but not having conceded a goal after six months is what Allegri was looking for and wanted. Matches, like championships, are won this way.

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