A zero to zero away against the second in the standings, which all in all is not to be stripped of their clothes. Juventus played as a solid team, even if always incredibly sterile in attack, but Massimiliano Allegri’s bianconeri have almost never suffered the notorious Rossoneri arrogance, on the contrary they have pressed in attack and substantially controlled the game, creating more than once the possibility of life-threatening restarts.
As usual, the last pass and the attacking danger were missing, but everyone knows this by now, hence the Juventus dream of being able to enlist Dusan Vlahovic at the center of the attack.
Juventus in the last two months, a crazy last minute in the Super Cup apart, is no longer a dancing team. On the contrary, today it is a team that always stays in the game and plays it for all ninety minutes. Rugani is a rediscovered and often unsurpassed player, Allegri good at having recovered him. De Sciglio is back just as reliable. McKennie is very useful and will improve even more in his new role as attack raider. Allegri still does not see Locatelli and Arthur together, but they are both good players, perhaps to be seen on a less bumpy field than that of San Siro.
We saw Cuadrado inside the midfield, a hypothesis that should certainly be tried again. Bentancur was the surprise of the evening, he played a sumptuous defensive game, recovering balls after balls.
Dybala stitched the game well, but Juventus needs Dybala to score. Morata didn’t hold a ball in the first half, but he improved a lot in the second half. If both could work for a teammate capable of scoring a volley, this would be another team.