In 2017, Juventus as soon as once more prompted outrage in Florence by securing the companies of one other main expertise from Fiorentina. On the time, Federico Bernardeschi was some of the promising younger gamers in Italian soccer.
Sadly, the winger left Turin after 5 campaigns with out ever fulfilling his massive potential. Final summer time, the 28-year-old joined Toronto FC on a free switch after seeing out his Juventus contract.
The Euro 2020 winner is having fun with a superb begin to his North American expertise, cementing himself as a key participant for his new membership alongside his compatriot Lorenzo Insigne.
In his first ten MLS outings, Bernardeschi has already discovered the again of the online on eight events. Apparently, it’s the identical variety of targets that he scored at some point of his five-year stint at Juventus.
Nonetheless, the Italian tries to justify this phenomena by explaining how he used to sacrifice himself for the bigger trigger whereas in Turin.
“Actually, I anticipated to attain extra targets at Toronto. I additionally take penalties now, which clearly helps,” stated Bernardeschi in an interview with TuttoJuve.
“I’ve all the time had targets in my legs, that by no means modified, however at Juventus., I put myself apart. I used to be on the group’s service. I believed extra in regards to the collective consequence than the non-public one.”
The previous Fiorentina man agreed that his efficiency within the second leg towards Atletico Madrid in 2019 was his most interesting for Juventus. He additionally revealed that he nonetheless follows the Bianconeri and cheer on his ex-teammates.
