He takes the lead with Kean, is reassembled and suffers until halfway through the second half Then the double blow of Federico Chiesa and De Ligt in six minutes reverses the game
SENT TO LA SPEZIA
“Fiuuu”. Massimiliano Allegri, if he still hangs out on social media, he could recycle his best-known hashtag. Juventus trembles, in fact, against Spezia, light years away in terms of turnover and amount of wages, wraps the first victory in the league without showing signs of recovery, climbs up in the standings (but the top, waiting for Napoli, is 8 steps away) and chews the usual ideas, few and confused. Having taken the lead thanks to a sidereal throw by Bonucci – no longer added value in an organized team, but an antidote to worrying tactical poverty -, he lets himself be overtaken by Gyasi and Antiste, lights a candle to Locatelli who foils on the line, reacts with Chiesa and De Ligt on his return after the discussed benches and accesses a second candle to Szczesny, miraculous in the final on Maggiore. “The bells rang to death” sighs the coach, mulling over wasted goals and opportunities granted.
In addition to the two “youngsters” (only according to the parameters of our football: they are no longer cleansed and both cross the 200 official matches), there is space for De Sciglio, McKennie and Kean: new faces, ancient problems, even exacerbated by dull performances. McKennie should build but doesn’t even put up a brick, Dybala gets lost between the lines, Danilo gasps, Bentancur stammers. Iceberg tips, the average is very low, and it is not just a matter of individual amnesia: Juventus does not have a game, they live on Chiesa’s bucking (blind in the first half), on Kean’s often unproductive counters, on rare and not crosses. always perfect by De Sciglio. Of course, the superior quality is enough to plant flags in the opponent’s half and cause some trouble for Thiago Motta’s team, but Zoet doesn’t have to work overtime, she just grabs two weak free-kicks from Dybala. In this way, the parable of Bonucci on which Rabiot makes the bank for Kean, skilled in the control and surgical in the diagonal, becomes a “scheme”.
Illusion. Armored Juventus is a memory. In fact, she gets a goal for the nineteenth match in a row in Serie A (worse only in 1955 with 22): they pierce Gyasi after a great save by Szczesny on Verde, and in the opening of the second half, Antiste restarts, this time nibbling Bonucci. Il Picco goes crazy, Juve staggers, the changes find it hard to affect although Alex Sandro adds thrust and Locatelli order, in fact Spezia reaches a millimeter from 3-1: Antiste still overtakes Szczesny, but finds Locatelli on the line. «It would have been another match – regrets Thiago Motta -: Juve would have left spaces behind and we could have taken advantage of it. In any case, we played as a team ».
The shock is enclosed in the narrow escape, Juve regains balance and pride, Chiesa takes height and puts us in anger, on par he is not only good but stubborn. Then De Ligt, 3-2, but it’s not over. Incredibly, Juve is still settling down. And without Szczesny’s big hand on Maggiore, we would be here to tell another story. «Match of suffering, luckily we won – concludes Allegri -. It was a good win, an important one, we were lucky on that ball on the line. We need to improve in our choices and shots on goal ». –
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