Juve saved by Chiesa and De Ligt: men of the people, not Allegri | First page

In the end Federico Chiesa and Matthijs de Ligt decided it. The two players that Max Allegri had announced as safe holders on the eve of Spezia-Juve. The two players who, above all, were invoked by the Juventus people as the symbols of a Juve that should look forward and instead was going backwards. There has been much talk, even too much, of the youth factor in this phase of Juve’s initial crisis. Also because Allegri has talked so much about it, he does not seem to take a particularly coherent line from one declaration to another. After AC Milan, the fury of the Juventus coach was also unleashed on Chiesa because he had not entered as he should have, because he had not done what he should have done: hunger and talent ok, but Allegri wants much more from those who wear the black and white shirt, despite everything already demonstrated between Juve and the national team. After Milan, Allegri had also focused attention on what Leonardo Bonucci and Giorgio Chiellini are still doing, at a level and a continuity that De Ligt evidently cannot yet reach according to Max-thought. Then before La Spezia we moved on to talk of experience and not of age, the word “young” to Allegri had seemed particularly indigestible. Be that as it may, in the end they thought of it against Spezia: Chiesa and De Ligt. THE ANSWERS – Two strong and clear answers, to which are added those of Moise Kean (goals and not only for him) and Manuel Locatelli (obscure work and a rescue on the simply vital line). And if for De Ligt it will remain a co-owner management behind Bonucci and Chiellini, with the captain who, however, will need a particularly careful management, it is precisely the Church that has perhaps confirmed itself as indispensable. All of Allegri’s requests and public notes are fine, football is not just attacking with your head down or giving your all. But the hunger for the Church, his desire to never give up, his crystalline class, are factors that this Juve really does not seem to be able to do without. Right or left, maybe second striker: it will be up to Allegri to find him a place and make him occupy it continuously, using it only when the game is in progress is a waste that Juve cannot afford, not now. He is leader, he is champion, the fact that he can still improve is only an advantage.–