Tudor, other points from former with Verona this time are three against Juventus

After the draw at Udinese, the victory at Bentegodi with the team that had him as deputy Pirlo A brace from a wild Simeone decides: McKennie halves the disadvantage, but no comeback

VERONA

«What about“ my ”Juventus? I’m talking about “my” Verona. I’m happy, I spent many years in Turin, but now I want to fight here ». Igor Tudor signs with these words the success against Juventus which tonight could be at -16 from the top, a possible gap that made Massimiliano Allegri “confess”: «This could have been our farewell to the Scudetto». On the other hand, more than looking at the leader in the standings Milane Napoli, Juve now has to think about fourth place in the Champions League and about unexpected opponents like Verona, which since yesterday has the same points in the standings. Thanks to Tudor: since the former Igor Tudor deputy of Andrea Pirlo sat on the Hellas bench, the Gialloblù have never missed a home game, winning four out of four matches. Within a few days the coach from Split took away some personal satisfactions: first a draw in the sprint in Udine, where he made his Serie A debut on a bench, then the victory over Juve, now at the second defeat in a row, a result which makes the wind of the crisis blow again on the Continassa, after Allegri’s men had obtained ten positive results in a row between the championship and the Champions League.

The Bentegodi match began for Juventus just as Wednesday’s match against Sassuolo ended, with a carelessness that cost dearly. This time the protagonist was Arthur who at 11 ‘with a back pass unmarked Barak, the player found his way blocked by Szczesny, but the ball is carambulated on Simeone’s feet who with an easy tap-in put the ball in brings. Three minutes later the Argentine player made a real masterpiece, he adjusted the ball and from 20 meters started a shot that was unstoppable for the goalkeeper. For Cholito it was the sixth goal in a row at Bentegodi after the four trimmed last October 24 at Lazio. Yesterday’s two achievements also allowed him to climb to 6 goals scored at Juventus since he made his debut in A in the 2016-’17 season. Nobody has done better than him in the history of the competition.

The first half waned towards the end with a crossbar chipped by a shot from Dybala. Second time in control for Verona, which up to ten minutes from the end managed the advantage well against a Juventus unable even to react. The bianconeri, however, tried to reopen the game in the 35th minute with McKennie on the net for the second match in a row: the American, served by Danilo, controlled at the edge of the area and started a powerful right that slipped under the crossbar. The final assault by the bianconeri, however, does not lead to anything, also due to Montipò who neutralizes a conclusion by Dybala in the recovery aimed at the intersection and so Verona takes the three points, leaving Chiellini and his teammates empty-handed.

“At this moment words are useless, there is only to work, to do. We are in a bad position in the standings, in the sense that we only have 15 points », Allegri confessed. “Now we are a mid-table team, only with a different spirit, with the desire to win some more contrast we will come out of it”. –