Juventus planned a very different farewell for Dybala and Chiellini, with the former not letting himself go to tears. Captain Bonucci first of all thought about it and then the other comrades to fix things.
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Paulo Dybala tried to keep everything inside, dispensing only greetings and smiles but in the end the emotions experienced on the evening of farewell to his fans at the Allianz Stadium in Juve-Lazio they have become too strong, and impossible to contain. First he saw Dusan Vlahovic cheer with the Dybala Mask, then at the moment of the change he received the standing ovation of the public who asked for and obtained his tour of the field in a loud voice. The Argentine was almost inundated with sweaters, scarves and objects, while a few meters from him Giorgio Chiellini was celebrated. A ceremony in grand style for the defender, ready to say goodbye to the bianconeri for a new professional adventure overseas, before the announced return as manager.
This was the “party” organized by the club and also certified by the speaker before the best images of Chiello’s career in black and white flowed on the big screen. No mention for Dybala instead, never mentioned through the loudspeakers, except by the fans who kept asking him for selfies, autographs and probably not even going to Inter. Perhaps this is also why Paulo managed to hold back his tears for a farewell that would have been unthinkable just a few months ago. He first of all did not expect (as publicly confirmed in his social farewell) that things would end in divorce.
The renewal negotiations, which began in 2020, turned out to be a real seesaw. From the initial exorbitant requests of the Argentine entourage, to the steps forward on a possible agreement on slightly lower figures with the public declarations also by Allegri on the centrality of Joya in the new Juve project. From the agreement in principle last October with guarantees on a 10 million salary, to the new hesitations with the non-idyllic relations between the club and his agent, while the various injuries held back the exploit of the long-out player.
In January then the verbal skirmishes, culminating in Paulo’s “provocative” exultation, with his eyes turned to the stands to respond on the field to the words of the Arrivabene ad. The feeling that something had changed, as certified by the arrival of Vlahovic, with the definitive turning point in March: no renewal for Dybala, no offer, not even a downward offer, and the Bianconeri’s desire to put Dusan at the center of a project in which there is no longer room for the Argentine. So then it has cracked definitively the relationship between the parties.
The rest is known, with the Juventus audience divided, and the player almost destabilized but finally on the field with continuity after the many physical troubles. A load of thoughts, and emotions, that the former Palermo managed to endure until the precise moment in which, on the evening of his farewell at the Stadium, the team has effectively replaced the club that he had not foreseen any special “ceremonies” for Joya’s dismissal. As Chiellini’s celebration drew to a close, all the players in the middle of the field decided to pay homage to the Argentine, raised in the air several times and embraced by everyone. Great applause from all the Juventus people, only interrupted from the whistles when the cameras lingered on President Agnelli on the sidelines alongside Arrivabene.
Bonucci pushes Dybala under the curve for the fans’ tribute
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It’s here Paulo Dybala collapsedletting go of an inconsolable cry. A punch in the stomach with the number 10 who at that point was able to count on the support of one of his long-time companions, that is Leonardo Bonucci. In fact, visibly distraught Dybala was ready to return sadly to the locker room, but the defender took him vigorously by the arm. After speaking to him decisively, the number 19 pushed the attacker and dragged him under the curve, which gave him a new tribute.
An important gesture, the first as a captain for Bonucci who will collect the degrees from his twin Chiellini, also to avoid a fool for Juve who, social media aside. he had decided not to dedicate a ceremony to Dybala as well as Chiellini, after 7 years full of shared satisfactions and successes. After a few seconds Paulo found his smile again, with his evening which ended later still on the pitch of the Stadium, but in very different conditions: alone, barefoot, on the turf of an empty stadium. in the company of Vlahovic. To talk maybe about what could have been.
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