The day of Federico Chiesa’s return to the field is getting closer and closer. But he hasn’t arrived yet. Except for last-minute surprises, in fact, Max Allegri will not even call him for the match on Friday night at the Allianz Stadium with Empoli. A situation actually already announced by the Juventus coach himself, who in one of the last press conferences had explained how before seeing Chiesa among the squad members it would have been necessary to see him at work in a specially dedicated test match. An appointment that could have been set at the beginning of this week but which has not yet been staged. So no Empoli for the Church. Who is now targeting the next matches, that of Lisbon with Benfica and that of Lecce. The dress rehearsal, admitted and not granted that one may be enough, could in fact be set for the weekend. But assuming the characteristics of a family match more than a real friendly match, perhaps taking advantage of Friday’s advance also for Paolo Montero’s Under 19 team: it is therefore possible that at Continassa there could be an internal challenge between those who did not play as a starter on Friday. Possible, not yet sure. THE TUNNEL – A final step that will serve to put an end once and for all to an ordeal that has lasted almost ten months. In fact, last January 9 was the day of the injury on the ground of the Olimpico in Rome in the match against the Giallorossi. On January 24, Chiesa was then operated on, with a recovery path estimated in about 6-7 months. At the end of May the declarations of the same Church that he hoped for a return between the end of August and the beginning of September, but in the summer some complications delayed everything. Only on 3 October he returned to work partially in a group, starting a gradual path that cannot yet be defined as finished. The final test is still missing. That there has not been, but there will be.
