Sports activities editorial, Could 25 (EFE).- With nothing at stake, on a uninteresting day for Juventus, the curiosity within the conflict in opposition to Monza, one other workforce that had nothing to battle for, targeted on the farewell of Álex Sandro , who equaled Pavel Nedved because the foreigner with probably the most appearances for the ‘Vecchia Signora’ and likewise mentioned goodbye with one of many targets of the duel.
The consequence, a ultimate 2-0, was the least vital factor concerning the recreation. All eyes had been targeted on Sandro, who, at 33 years outdated and after 9 seasons at Juventus, introduced his farewell on the finish of the season. He nonetheless had one final mission in his final match: to achieve 327 official matches for Juventus and equal the parable Pavel Nedved.
The ‘prime 5’ of overseas gamers who’ve worn the Juventus shirt probably the most are accomplished by Luis del Sol (295 video games), Paulo Dybala (293) and the membership’s present interim coach, Paolo Montero (278). And, exactly, Montero didn’t need to change into the dangerous man and gave the beginning job to Sandro, who had gathered 5 consecutive video games with out taking part in between substitutions and accidents.
The Brazilian full-back responded to his coach’s gesture with a terrific recreation. The final one, in entrance of his followers, to match Nedved and say goodbye with dignity. His objective, after half an hour, after a header from a nook centered by Nicolò Fagioli, gave rise to a particular celebration in entrance of his followers and surrounded by his teammates.
It was probably the most weighty picture of a crash with out rather more historical past. Federico Chiesa, shortly earlier than Sandro’s header, was accountable for placing Juventus forward with a fantastically crafted play. Chiesa, who heads Italy’s squad for the Euro Cup, scored his second consecutive objective after an alarming streak of eight consecutive official matches with out celebrating a objective.
He scored in opposition to Bologna final day and repeated it in opposition to Monza. Excellent news for Italy. One in all his finest gamers will arrive impressed to the massive occasion in Germany. In complete, he’ll shut the season with ten targets, his finest statistic after two consecutive campaigns during which he solely celebrated 4 targets in every of them. Even so, he’s behind his finest season, 2020/21, during which he gathered 14 targets and was proclaimed champion of the Euro Cup.
That was the entire story of the match. There wasn’t rather more. Juventus received and completed third behind Inter and Milan, as anticipated. In fact, they’ve gone 4 seasons with out profitable Serie A. After the lack of 9 titles (2012-2020), they’ve had a brief journey by means of the desert. Absolutely, neither Chiesa’s nice objective nor Alex Sandro’s emotional farewell to him served to alleviate the ‘Vecchia Signora’ followers’ sorrows.
— Datasheet:
2.- Juventus: Perin (Pinsoglio, min. 46); Weah, Danilo, Rugani, Sandro (Djalo, min. 73), Iling Júnior; Fagioli (Caviglia, min. 79), Alcaraz; Chiesa, Milik (Vlahovic, min. 73) and Yildiz (Miretti, min. 88).
0.- Monza: Sorrentino; Birindelli (Zerbin, 66 minutes), D’Ambrosio, Pablo Mari, Izzo, Pereira (Kyriakopoulos, 75 minutes); Colpani (Djuric, 46 minutes), Gagliardini (Bondo, 46 minutes), Pessina, Carboni (Ferraris, 81 minutes); and Mota.
Targets: 1-0, min. 26: Church; 2-0, min. 28: Sandro.
Referee: Maria Ferrieri. He confirmed a yellow card to Carboni (min. 38) for Monza and Yildiz (min. 63) for Juventus. Zerbin was despatched off (min. 90) by Mozan for a direct purple card.
Incidents: match akin to the final day of Serie A performed on the Juventus Stadium in Turin. EFE
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