The growth process continues, doing it with three points and a good performance bodes well. Juve gets rid of Cagliari with a sharp and peremptory 2-0 that has never been questioned and with many positive signs. We say it immediately: it is mandatory to keep your feet firmly on the ground, but the improvements seen in the last two races are tangible and evident. Pirlo inaugurates the month that will lead to the Christmas break with the best match of his Juve. Scoring chances, a fast and fluid maneuver, a defensive line turned into a wall, and a monster ahead, ready to turn what he touches into gold. And among the happy notes let me also insert Federico Bernardeschi, lined up by surprise, but not too much, from the first minute, and finally sparkling and in the game. Well so, but now woe to let your guard down, the head must already be turned to the next commitments.
The technician had said it on the eve, the apprenticeship is over, now we have to start getting serious. The first line will be drawn on December 24th on Christmas Eve and after this cycle of 10 matches in 33 days that will have to reveal the true face of Juve. After some ups and downs, this time we saw a beautiful, practical and above all decisive team. The 4 4 2 designed by Pirlo, this time with two absolutely offensive wings like Bernardeschi and Kulusevsky, gave greater depth to the maneuver, which at times was enveloping, but above all it affects the growth of Arthur, the man who took over the cabin direction. The numbers speak for themselves. With Cagliari, the former Barcelona midfielder has touched the beauty of 110 balls, of which 97 transformed into successful passes. Not only that, his mastery ball and chain strike his ability to find the best solution with extreme simplicity. Attention, even for the Brazilian the concept expressed for the team applies: let’s not let ourselves go to easy enthusiasm, now we need confirmation and continuity.
Who knows if it is a coincidence, even here we will find out as we go, that even our defense has returned to not conceding a goal, in the league it did not happen since the debut match with Sampdoria, right on the evening of the return of De Ligt, impressive in some of his advances, paired with Demiral, a tandem that will most likely design the defensive couple of the future. How not to mention the phenomenon. Two goals each more beautiful than the other, 8 goals in the first 8 days, equaled his record last year, and already three braces. In short, the feeling is that Ronaldo continues to wear out those who… do not have it. Having said that, it is clear that the team must continue in the growth process. The Cagliari that found itself in front was full of absences, but Juve also had these, and without its most important men in defense, Godin, and Nandez in midfield. But what was liked was the way in which the bianconeri attacked the game even on the 2-0 signal that they are not and will no longer be tolerated moments of emptiness like the last cursed 40 seconds in Rome. The ranking should not yet be looked at, but certain that those 2 points left in an incredible way in Crotone still burn. If Pirlo now manages to recover Dybala and why not Bernardeschi himself as soon as possible, the solutions will be able to increase also in view of the many close matches. In the meantime, let’s enjoy this great performance until tomorrow and then it will already be Champions League time. To beat the Hungarians to close the qualifying chapter and look at this very important portion of the championship. But let’s face it for one evening: Maestro music…
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