The debut of Federico Chiesa with the shirt of Juventus, in the championship match at Crotone. An hour of play that he will hardly forget, for the epilogue more than for what had been up to that moment. Because the former Fiorentina ended his game early due to the expulsion remedied at 60 ‘following a hard foul on Cigarini: the first player to close his debut with Juventus with a red card, in the history of the Juventus club .
Referee Francesco Fourneau – in his seventh appearance in Serie A – had no doubts: after whistling the foul he immediately drew a red card opting for direct expulsion. The game clash had seemed rather decided already at normal speed, with the screams of the ailing Cigarini to trigger the protests of the bench and the home crowd. The intervention is not fueled by malice, but the excess of enthusiasm on the part of Chiesa is evident: the black and white winger arrives with the hammer foot on Cigarini’s leg and hits him hard. An entry that justifies the severe measure adopted by the race director.
Until that moment, Chiesa had been the protagonist of a competition between ups and downs, embellished byassist for Alvaro Morata on the occasion of the 1-1 goal of Juventus. A few mistakes, some pauses, the inevitable lack of understanding with teammates (in a context already in the experimental phase of his), the first match of Chiesa with Juve was not unforgettable. He will have time to make up for it, but first he will have to serve the disqualification: a day off is automatic, another could be triggered in the event that the foul on Cigarini were to be cataloged as ‘violent conduct’. The verdict between Monday and Tuesday, with the statement of the Sports Judge.
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