Tomorrow debut in Naples in a team without the Church and the South Americans. Precious energy for the Bianconeri in an emergency
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Used to forging ahead, but also some golden opportunities, now Moise Kean has become the man who knows how to wait and, above all, rewrite the endings. He understood the value of calm and waited for the right moment to take, indeed to recover, a showcase that seemed automatically insured after being the first footballer of 2000 to debut and score in Serie A. Instead, as in a strange game of the goose , he had to make an antechamber, go back and beat foreign paths and then land again in his Juventus.
He did it on the last day of the transfer market, after the Bianconeri lost Ronaldo and decided to take back the prodigal son (s) or to launch the new youth project, but in the long wave of this return home, Kean has also won the national team in the game in which goals were needed to smile again. He obviously likes the last call and now it will be a stimulus for tomorrow’s match in Naples, as Juve clings to the Kean factor to come out unscathed from this uphill restart.
The blue is not a mysterious object for Allegri and for the old Juventus guard, 21 appearances and 8 goals between 2016 and 2019, but only yesterday the former Everton trained for the first time at Continassa with his teammates. So far he had only had time to undergo medical examinations, the day after the home defeat against Empoli, and tomorrow he will make his debut at the Maradona stadium in this new life where the conditions can be transformed into promises (of goals).
Kean is fine, he is confident and his energy can help Juve in full emergency. In addition to Chiesa’s injury, Allegri is struggling with the last minute return of his 5 South Americans. A problem that affects half of Serie A, given that the last matches of world qualifiers were played during the night, while in Spain they postponed two matches. Juve in Naples does not know who they can count on: technically everyone is expected in Italy by tonight, but the Brazilians Danilo and Alex Sandro plus the Uruguayan Bentancur (who also came out battered) are likely to arrive only tomorrow. Making a virtue of necessity is more than a slogan for Allegri who cannot compile a squad list and already finds himself having to dose the energies of the players on the eve of an incredible tour de force with 7 games in 22 days: from Naples to the derby of the October 2 passes for the Champions League debut on Tuesday in Malmö, for Juve-Milan next Sunday and for the duel with the European champions Chelsea at the Stadium (September 29). Not the best way to build his new Juventus creature, even more so after the slow start with 1 point in 2 games and with few group training sessions. For this Allegri thinks of some “happy” and Kean owner is one of the fantasy moves. Much will depend on the possibility of deploying Cuadrado, the first South American to return (he travels with compatriot Ospina, Napoli goalkeeper, on a shared private flight), while Chiesa will give up. The magnetic resonance of the flexor yesterday showed no injuries, but the blue will remain at rest. Allegri could also launch a three-way defense with De Ligt-Bonucci-Chiellini, in midfield Locatelli will be the owner and in attack the trident with Morata plus Kulusevski and Kean is not excluded. Basically a double K ration to resist in the Neapolitan trench in the worst possible baptism of fire. –