In late-October, Federico Chiesa made his return to the pitch following an damage nightmare which lasted for nearly ten lengthy months. Since then, the 25-year-old had displayed some flashes of brilliance right here and there together with a few assists, however one thing remained missing – a sure assertion, if you’ll.
So on this regard, the Coppa Italia tie towards Monza has considerably marked the precise return of the Chiesa of outdated, the devastating winger who leaves defenders in his wake, causes havoc within the penalty field and finds the again of the web with great strikes.
Sure, it was solely Monza – and so they weren’t even taking part in their starters – however the significance of scoring a winner in a cup contest can’t be undermined, because the Euro 2020 might have lastly broke the psychological barrier, which might hopefully permit him to regain his greatest type sooner quite than later.
Earlier than Chiesa’s decisive aim, Juventus and Monza had been embroiled in a back-and-forth affair. Moise Kean had damaged the impasse early on, however some scrappy defending from the Bianconeri allowed Mattia Valoti to equalize from a nook kick.
So listed below are some numerous takeaways from the motion on the Allianz Stadium, as Juventus progressed to the Coppa Italia Spherical of 16 following a 2-1 win over Monza.
- Even in a match the place Kean scores a header and grabs one other disallowed aim, he nonetheless manages to frustrate us by lacking a sitter.
- Daniele Rugani and Federico Gatti each regarded composed and untroubled for the bigger a part of the match. Let’s hope they do the identical towards harder opponents.
- Max Allegri unleashed the children (Fagioli, Soulé, Miretti and Samuel-Iling), however we solely grabbed the winner when all of them had left the pitch. However to be truthful, all of them loved respectable outings, so let’s hope that the overall consequence doesn’t damage their possibilities in that includes within the upcoming matches.
- Leandro Paredes has some work to do to justify a everlasting keep.
- Love him or hate him, Angel Di Maria is arguably our greatest technical participant as he gives an unparalleled aptitude. However losing a golden scoring alternative by making an attempt a cheeky Rabona was most likely ill-advised, particularly contemplating the occasions from our earlier assembly towards Monza. Sure, we had been already main at that time, however picture if the Biancorossi had managed to attain a late equalizer.
- When Di Maria and Chiesa entered the sector, we switched to a 4-3-3 formation, which gave the impression to be comprehensively extra fertile than the stagnant 3-5-1-1. That is extra purpose why we should bolster our fullback division, so we are able to completely set up this extra progressive lineup.
