Two goals from the revived Vlahovic and one from the debutant Savona pave the way for the clear victory in Verona (3-0) and the record of Thiago Motta’s Juventus who is also pleasing for the quality of the game
Alone in command. Juventus conquers Verona and finds themselves at the top of the table with full points, with six goals scored in two games and none conceded. Perfect roadmap, especially since it was achieved with the squad reduced to the bare bones, therefore without the contribution of the latest transfer shocks. The Juventus people rub their hands thinking about what could happen with Nico Gonzalez, Conceiçao and, probably, Koopmeiners, in the meantime they enjoy the genius of Thiago Mottavery good at making a virtue of necessity and relying on young people like Mbangula and Savona, great protagonists of this first part of the championship.
Verona – Juventus 0-3: Vlahovic’s brace and Savona’s goal earn the solo record
The Lady was expected at the gate after the results of the weekend, which had seen several large slips on the banana peels scattered around the boot. Only Inter and Napoli had managed to take the 3 points, which allowed her to dream of first place alone, obviously provided she beat Verona. A mission that is anything but obvious, both for the value of the Scala team, capable of humiliating Conte no later than a week ago, and for the objective difficulties of the formation, decimated by injuries and transfer cases, both incoming and outgoing.
Thiago Motta, in the press conference the day before, had shrugged his shoulders, also because he was heartened by Giuntoli’s moves, capable of giving him Nico Gonzalez and Conceiçaoas well as rapidly approaching Koopmeiners, but he too knew well the importance of this challenge. It wasn’t just a question of ranking, but of morale: new projects, as we know, require large doses of enthusiasm, otherwise they risk falling apart before they even get to the heart of things. He knows something about it Fonsecaalready on trial due to the results of his Milan, while the Juventus coach does not have these problems: the matches with Como and Verona, on the contrary, have strengthened his position, in light of surprising and courageous moves, which however proved decisive.
And so, after throwing the young Mbangula at the premiere last Monday, here is the entry of all in the province of Savona
at the Bentegodi: the choice, once again, paid the maximum price, therefore with the goal jackpot.
What made Thiago smile, and with him all the Juventus fans, was the double by Vlahovic, finally cynical and ruthless as expected from Juve’s number 9. The Serbian broke the deadlock with his left foot to make it 1-0 (28′, nice ball recovered by Locatelli and assist by Yildiz), then closed it with the penalty for the final 0-3, resulting from a foul by Tchatchoua on Mbangula (53′). In the middle of the 2-0 of the young Savonacertainly lucky (the header went into the goal due to a strange trajectory of the ball, rather than by the full-back’s will) but also deserved, in light of a performance of courage and personality. In short, those who were waiting for the away match in Verona to see Juve fall were disappointed: now the last days of the transfer window (it closes on Friday 30th at midnight), after which there will be the match against Romafor a sort of definitive cut on the Lady’s championship ambitions.
Thiago Motta: “Great attitude, congratulations to everyone! Rome? It will be a great match.”
“On the first goal you can see the group’s attitude: pressing means taking risks, but the advantage is great because you recover the ball up front and can find the opponent exposed – Thiago Motta’s analysis -. I have to congratulate everyone, Vlahovic deserves the goal, but the others applied excellent pressure. The attackers helped a lot, coming back well and giving a hand to those behind, to recover the ball in the right places, the balance between the two phases leads to matches like these. The young people of the Next Gen? We always work on the psychological factor, but these are first and foremost talented guys. We try to put them in the best conditions, but they are the protagonists, they have a great level and when they manage to play as a team you can see the difference. What do I expect from the match against Roma next Sunday? I see a beautiful match to play, we will prepare it well and we will be at our best to do our best and get to the result we want, with the support of our fans. Today there were 3.500 people who sang from the first minute and supported the team, it means that the boys convey this great desire.”
Related News :