Gamper, Barcelona-Juve 3-0, Depay, Braithwaite and Puig sink the bianconeri

Bianconeri in search of the best conditions. Allegri experiments with men and roles and changes the whole team in the second half. The hosts hit after 3 ‘with Depay, then Braithwaite and Riqui Puig hit

Juve took three goals and did not capitalize on their opportunities in the first European-level outing of the season, at the Gamper Trophy. Not a day like any other in Barcelona, ​​where it was in the morning Lionel Messi’s last press conference (in tears). His long-time rival, Cristiano Ronaldo, also takes a few whistles from the Barça fans when he enters the field for the warm-up, immediately after the presentation of the Blaugrana squad, the moved greeting of the new captain Sergio Busquets and the speech to the fans by coach Ronald Koeman.

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EXPERIMENTS

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The surprises announced on the eve by Allegri mainly concern Bernardeschi and Cuadrado at the start: the blue is deployed from the left midfielder, the Colombian closes the trident (but drops to the right in the defensive phase) with Morata and Ronaldo. Ramsey, as in Monza, acts in front of the defense as a play for a while; in the second half he will be replaced by Danilo, already proposed last year by Pirlo in that role. All under the eyes of Pjanic, on the bench on the sidelines and outside the Catalan project: he would like to return to Turin, the bianconeri will evaluate at the end of the transfer market. Season debut with the captain’s armband for Alex Sandro who takes back the left wing, opposite De Sciglio who goes towards confirmation after having played most of all the friendlies so far.

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FALSE START

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Allegri relies on Rugani and De Ligt in defense but for them the start of the match is traumatic: Demir sees the black and white shirts too wide and serves Depay in space, who introduces himself to his new fans by beating Szczesny after three minutes. Juve’s reaction arrives in the quarter of an hour with Bentancur, who recovers a ball in his own half, starts on the counterattack and serves Morata, able to move the ball into the area in favor of Ronaldo: powerful right at the near post beaten by Neto. A little later Griezmann does not frame the door on a free kick from the edge, Demir hits the mark but from an irregular position, Morata tries the power stroke from the other but is blocked by an opponent, Alex Sandro saves for a corner on an insidious low cross from the left of Jordi Alba.

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CHALLENGE BETWEEN NUMBERS ONE

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At half an hour Szczesny keeps a good watch on Demir, good at making a foray from the left after stealing the ball from De Sciglio, who a couple of minutes later comes close to equal with a shot from distance. Juve lights up especially at the end of the first half, when the opponent’s goalkeeper is engaged first by De Ligt and then by Morata, twice. Neto also neutralized a free-kick from Ronaldo, at 45 ‘: the goalkeepers’ save at half-time was five to one for the Brazilian from Barça, for Allegri comforting signs despite the passive.

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SUCCESS BLAUGRANA

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Fresh forces in Juve at the beginning of the second half, immediately in midfield and forward, then also in defense. Chiesa, on the right, wastes no time to become dangerous: Morata widens from the edge of the area in the 50 ‘, the twenty-two directs the control of the ball towards the inside and engages Neto with his left-handed. Barcelona instead doubled in the 57th minute on the development of a corner kick with a header by Braithwaite, who escaped the scoring in the area and surprised Perin, not flawless on the occasion. The last half hour is for the defense of the national team (Bonucci and Chiellini) and many young people who try to take advantage of the showcase, on both sides. Depay is very close to the third goal, Marques and Kulusevski are struggling to give consistency to the Bianconeri restart. Riqui Puig closes the accounts on expiry with a valuable conclusion. It ends 3-0: first defeat of the season for Juve but also several useful indications for Allegri, perhaps in part those he was looking for before giving a clearer direction to market priorities.

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