Two fools on the same field and in just over five hours.
The first Juve women ends up crashing into the champions ofEurope of the Barcelona (6-0), then the males, with a lot of holders between the first and second half, lose 3-0 the Gamber Trophy in front of less than three thousand spectators inconsolable at Lionel’s passing Messi.
I do not know Montemurro, new coach of the Women, but for sure Max Merry did not like. All the more so because his Juve played a good first half and a decent recovery, but did not know how to score, finding their way blocked by an amazing grandchild (six saves in the game and all decisive).
But Allegri, as we know, loves only the result of football and such a heavy defeat can digest it with difficulty, especially if it is the defense that betrays him.. Now, starting at Demiral occurred, we must be clear: Rugani, De Sciglio e Pilgrims they can’t even make reservations, while De Ligt he must regain condition and timing.
It was a mistake of Rugani, which failed an advance, to clear the way for Memphis Depay after just two and a half minutes of the game. If this is combined with the lack of coverage of De Ligt (the two power stations were both very high) it is clear how the race started in a very high and simple way.
Of course, it wasn’t the Barcelona true (Ter Stegen, De Jong, Coutinho and others were missing), but for that matter not even Juve has lined up the best formation since the beginning.
Before Szczesny, there were De Sciglio, Rugani, De Ligt e Alex Sandro. Then Bentancur, Ramsey e Bernardeschi, up front Square, Morata e Ronaldo.
The best of the first half was Bentancur who won tackles and lit the fire of the restart, the worst Bernardeschi which continued to do damage even in the recovery. Ronaldo made a shot on goal (rejected by Neto) and kicked a free-kick (deflected), for the rest he wandered as usual in search of a play that he finds more and more rarely. Getting excited about two attempts at recovery, which are more foul, would seem really too much.
Juve played with a 4-3-3 which, in the non-possession phase, became 4-4-2 and from the quarter of an hour onwards created five scoring chances (plus a long shot by De Sciglio, who came out very little), all thwarted by Neto. After Ronaldo we tried De Ligt, Morata (twice) and again Ronaldo on a free-kick from afar.
On the other hand, Barcelona held the ball more and was exalted with the dribble. Two goals disallowed (but one was very good) and a diagonal shot of iron, rejected by Szczesny, after errors by Alex Sandro and De Sciglio, they represent a modest final balance in the presence of a considerable game production.
In the second half, six changes between the bianconeri: Perin for Szczesny, Danilo for Ramsey, Pellegrini for Alex Sandro, McKennie for Bentancur, Chiesa for Cuadrado, Kulusevski for Ronaldo.
I did not like Allegri nor the idea, inherited from Pirlo, of Danilo in midfield (he replaced the unwatchable Ramsey who in this Juve can never play), nor that of keeping on the field Bernardeschi.
Chiesa, on the other hand, immediately tried it with a left from the edge put in a corner by Neto, but at the first corner kick of Barcelona came the doubling. On the slope they watched the De Ligt ball, Rugani and De Sciglio, while Pellegrini pretended to mark Braithwaite with his back to him. To facilitate the goal also the clumsy and uncertain intervention of Very.
Game closed with more than half an hour to play. Allegri has included Ranocchia, Chiellini, Bonucci and Alejandro Marques replacing Bernardeschi, Rugani, De Ligt and Morata.
Nevertheless, at the last minute of recovery, Juve were able to concede the third goal with a shot from Puig, who took over from Sergi Roberto..
If, strictly speaking, it is not a defeat, we are close to it. The Gordian knot is that Merry he is working with the same elements as last year (even if Rabiot and Dybala were missing yesterday) plus some mediocre returning players.
In midfield the experiment Ramsey he is aborted even before starting and he feels the need to improve the department at least with Locatelli. Pjanic is a good metronome, but in Barcelona he played little and with Sarri, his last year at Juve, he did badly.
In short, if something does not arrive from the market, the team remains poor even if it has paid a lot for the cards and the wages of those who make it up.
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