Juve has legs. The players run, defend and attack all together. Thiago Motta proposed simple ideas, implemented on the pitch with a bit of drive, enthusiasm, and desire to earn their place. The coach did a good job in training camp, because players who thought they would go to the bench found themselves protagonists and made an impact. In practice, there are no untouchables except, perhaps, Vlahovic: and this could be a good thing for the Serbian, because he is calm and plays calmly. In Verona I really liked Locatelli: a player with geometry, who knows how to create order if the team plays compactly around him. Overall, it seems to me that there are no defined roles, with everyone demonstrating the desire to go and solve their teammate’s problems. The two victories against Como and Verona cannot make them the favorite for the championship, but it is an important moment for Juventus. In this, we also begin to see the work of Jointswho also made very important decisions: for example, keeping Chiesa out. The sporting director is implementing the same project he did in Naples: taking players who are functional to the coach (Koopmeiners last in order of time) without going looking for absolute stars. In Naples, Kim, Kvara and Anguissa did not arrive as top-level international players, but with Spalletti they performed marvelously.
De Rossi must change
A good test will be the match against Roma, fresh from the embarrassment against Empoli. The feeling is that the Giallorossi club and De Rossi had to deal with a different technical project, without Dybala. But if he plays and you put him together with Soulé and also let Pellegrini play, you end up taking away vital space from Dovbyk, who is big and needs it. It is no coincidence that as soon as a decent cross arrived, Roma scored with Shomurodov, someone who if I were a coach I would always keep. Another consideration, but extra-technical: if in Rome they talk about other things during the week, on Sundays they often lose, which is what happened. Furthermore, it seems exaggerated to me that after two years in the team but in the end obtaining two sixth places, Dybala is claimed by the fans as the heir – even in the shirt number – of Totti.
Milan forgot to defend
Also sad notes for Milan, who forgets a fundamental thing, the defensive phase. Imposing your game does not mean taking ten counterattacks that expose you to ridicule. Parma’s performance, also characterized by the creation of several scoring opportunities, is usable because it means that fundamental details were not taken care of. Leaving 40 meters of space without coverage is unacceptable.
Inter, what grit. It’s the same as last year
Inter plays a completely different tune. The team is the same as last year, with players who hit (competitively speaking) like the provincials of the past. They know that being stronger technically, all they need to do is get down to the level of the others in grit to win. They have the strongest Italians, they closed the market early with very clear ideas: in short, Inzaghi is in the best conditions to repeat himself in the fight for the Scudetto. Napoli is recovering, even if the initial problems were the result of a market that overlaps too much with the championship. The story of Osimhen for example is becoming a bit ridiculous. The team however was concrete and strong with Bologna, they knew how to suffer and this gives hope. They have the players anyway, and I’m also curious to see the probable new arrival McTominay. Even if perhaps for a Scotsman in Naples it’s too hot…
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– 2024-08-27 15:32:22
