Weah man of the match of Juventus-Milan: today as then, with a substantial difference, that black and white shirt that father George supported only while he was lifting the Golden Ball with the Rossoneri and which his son wears with pride. Tim enters, not by choice of the brainy Motta but out of pure necessity, given Yildiz’s injury which at the end of the first half opens the doors of the match to him, and changes the inertia of the match by dragging his team into the attack, almost scoring a goal before Mbangula’s opener and then ruthlessly scoring the counterattack for the final 2-0. Juventus who finally win again, who climb up the rankings defending fourth place from the onslaught of the suitors, who show up at the Champions League final with high morale and perhaps with an extra Kolo Muani.
Motta changes for the umpteenth time, Conceicao in emergency
Important training problems for both coaches: after Atalanta Motta changes for the umpteenth time, Cambiaso returns to the starting position – on the left – with McKennie who changes two gears from shadow centre-forward and ends up as an unprecedented full-back on the right, Nico as center forward with Vlahovic watching from the bench, still convalescing. Mbangula started, Weah inexplicably ended up on the sidelines despite being the Juventus player who sees the door the most after the starting centre-forward. Conceicao is without Morata, Pulisic and Thiaw: Abraham, Musah in the attacking midfield and Gabbia are the natural substitutes so as not to change the structure of the team. Mbangula and Leao immediately heat up the match, Koopmeiners also tries, a very open game. Juventus were surprised, naive, after twenty minutes: a corner scheme that led to Reijnders’ shot, a moving penalty, only Locatelli’s opposition and a carom saved Di Gregorio.
Cambiaso doesn’t have his mind on it, Yildiz gets hurt
Cambiaso is Juve’s negative note, trivial errors and never enlightening plays, City’s figures would make everyone’s heads spin. But both defenses are dancing: Di Gregorio has to get excited about Leao’s attempt, Maignan collects a slip from Nico Gonzalez who misses the one-on-one and then sees a Koopmeiners ball slide away which Yildiz and the Argentine are unable to deflect . Then, a few minutes before the end of the first half, a very precious opportunity for Juventus: poisonous counterattack, ball to Yildiz who crosses first, stifling the conclusion, Maignan puts it in the corner and Motta must despair not only for the missed goal but also for the injury to the Juventus number 10. Immediately hand to the inner thigh, you can see there is a problem, it will enter Weah in the second half.
