Final result: Verona-Juventus 2-1
The report cards of Hellas Verona (by Daniele Vitiello)
Montipò 6.5 – He is ready when he is called into question and can put a piece on it. He has no escape from McKennie’s lightning bolt, he overtakes Dybala in the final.
Dawidowicz 6 – Accurate in his interventions, he does not risk playing in delicate situations. Bring home the sufficiency with a performance of great substance.
Gunter 7 – Sumptuous race in marking on Morata. He plays with the Spaniard without ever letting him breathe, with and without the ball between his feet. He will have stopped following him only in the locker room.
Casale 7 – Tudor recovers him at the last minute and sets him up from the start without thinking twice. Repay the coach’s trust with an authoritative performance. Accurate in coverage, he sling forward repeatedly taking advantage of the great understanding with Lazovic. From 67 ‘ Snipers 6.5 – We also need his help in the final race.
Pharaohs 6.5 – Alex Sandro gives him space and time to enter the Juventus half of the pitch. He does it with his usual perseverance, but in the long run he loses a thread of lucidity.
Tameze 7 – The feeling is that you don’t even sweat, despite being everywhere until the time of the replacement. Match of substance and sacrifice, he leaves due to a physical problem. From 75 ‘Bessa SV.
Veloso 6.5 – It only takes a few touches to make the sphere travel at very high rates. Tameze’s constant coverage allows him to take a few more risks.
Lazovic 7 – Inexhaustible scooter and without any awe of Cuadrado. Take advantage of the large spaces available, putting Juventus in crisis on its side. There is always quality in his plays. From 67 ‘ Sutalo 6.5 – Enter with the right determination and help the team in the final.
Barak 7 – Various with Caprari on the attack front, removing references to Juventus defenders. He always chooses the right time for insertions and plays, he is the pick that Tudor cannot do without.
Caprari 7.5 – Offensive director and true glue between midfield and Simeone. He is confident and it shows: he succeeds in practically anything he asks of his excellent qualities.
Simeone 8 – He would hit the door even blindfolded at this time. The first goal is a bird of prey in the area, the second a masterpiece that deserves to be seen and reviewed. Inguaia Juventus directing the match already in the first half. Standing ovation well deserved. From 83 ‘Kalinic SV.
Igor Tudor 8 – He feels no mercy for his former team. He sends in the field a formation able to make a big voice for over a time, despite the difference in values on paper. He will certainly be proud of how his team handled the difficulties in the final race.
The Juventus report cards (by Marco Conterio)
Sensational at Bentegodi: Hellas Verona-Juventus ends 2-1!
Szczesny 6 Whistled and criticized in this seasonal appetizer, it is the only one that remains afloat in the Verona shipwreck. Blameless about everything. On the goals, on the opportunities, on what remains of this Juventus tonight.
Danilo 5 One of the few certainties of the Allegri cycle crumbles under the blows of Hellas Verona. Then he takes out the class and serves the pride assist for McKennie. But that’s not enough.
Bonucci 4.5 On Simeone’s second goal, on the rainbow that slips into the intersection, he keeps too far apart. He recoils instead of facing and the Argentine scores. In clear and constant difficulty.
Chiellini 5 When the captain of Juventus and Italy misses a connection, when the ball slips under his foot and goes out, it means that the pressure at Juventus is almost unbearable.
Alex Sandro 4.5 Arthur touches the ball, pressed by the Veronese clutches, but is unprepared, light, soft, and Verona scores. Never in the game, once again impalpable. (from 82 ‘Pellegrini sv)
Square 4.5 The theatricality with which it lands on the ground after every blow, blow and contrast has become a cinema. “Wolf, wolf”, in fact, so you never understand the line between truth and exasperation. Then the game: canceled by the left of Verona. (from 69 ‘Kulusevski 5.5 A couple of strides. A couple of things, in twenty minutes where Juve touches an undeserved equal)
Arthur 5 Despite himself, protagonist of the first Veronese goal for excess of direction, he is the only small one still to which Juventus clings. It comes back from 1 ‘and it looks like what the Old Lady was missing. Of course that mistake … (from 49 ‘Bernardeschi 5.5 At least after his entry Juventus has more rush and thrust on the outside, so much so that it is from his and Kulusevski’s tiles that some small diamonds are born)
Bentancur 4.5 It does not bring direction or dynamism to this Veronese afternoon. Overwhelmed by the tactical experience of Veloso and the physicality of Tameze. In a new midfield with two cues and does not affect. Never. (from 57 ‘McKennie 6 Enter and touch the goal. Twenty minutes pass and he scores: in the second, in two games. Allegri can’t find a dimension but he doesn’t lack paws, even without being well framed)
Rabbit 4.5 He returns from the beginning but the impact is the same as when he was absent. Never in a match, he is proving to be one of the economic, tactical and technical oversights and errors in the recent history of Italian football. (from 57 ‘Locatelli 6 After his entry, Juventus raises the center of gravity and also the pace. Or maybe it’s Verona’s fault that lowers the laps. Case or not, it is essential for this Juve).
Dybala 5.5 Juventus is a stormy night, the stormy sea that drowns every idea and dream. He is the lighthouse, spinning his light in the middle of nowhere. But the waves of Verona are too strong, even for his genius.
Morata 4.5 Juve’s attack is an island that doesn’t exist. And he never records. A few touches, a few points, but it’s really too little for Juventus’ 9. A game that deserves strong reflections on the future.
Massimiliano Allegri 4 Now it’s official. Juventus is in a deep, very black crisis. The 2-1 knockout of Bentegodi was a disaster: yet another formation and the game is not there. Is it the end of the Juventus cycle? Who knows whether even his place is now being questioned …
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