Ángel Di María, in the final mode of Qatar 2022, appeared to save Juventus again

Just when the Spice pressed to bind a new gray match of Juventusthe figure of the usual savior of Massimiliano Allegri’s team emerged, a fundamental Ángel Di María, in final mode against France, for the daily survival of this team who with a left foot from outside the area ensured the 2-0 victory and brought his team to seventh place in Serie A football. Yes, two months after his Qatar 2022 conquest, Lionel Messi wasn’t the only champion to shine in European football.

That Juve continues with the options to enter Europe, that it is not flirting with relegation, that it is in the semifinals of the Italian Cup and that it can enter the knockout stages of the Europa League has a big culprit. And that’s it spaghetti you say mariasince returning from the World Cup, he has been self-proclaimed the undisputed leader of a dysfunctional Juventus without the Argentine on the pitch.

Allegri reserved it thinking about the return of the Europa League against the French Nantes, such as Bremer, Szczesny or Chiesa -not even summoned-. But in the second half he had to resort to his services as a firefighter to avoid the fire that was about to break out, with Spezia dominating the black and whites and coming close to scoring on several occasions.

And it is that history repeated itself again. Goal for Juve after a good start and loss of control. Like against Nantes. As always this season. Kean’s shot into the box following a pass from Kostic half an hour into the match was once again the trigger for the apathy.

So much so that Perin, a luxury substitute in the Turin squad, was another of the fundamental elements of the victory with a remarkable performance under the sticks that supported the team in the moments of greatest suffering with saving interventions worth three points.

It didn’t take long for Allegri to give way to his best player on the pitch to remedy his problems. Because with Di María on the pitch, everything else gets better. Vlahovic begins to feel involved because he finds a trusted ally with whom to look for himself and create danger; and because Locatelli, Paredes and Rabiot have someone to hook up in attack. The circulations find a sense, the offensive is sharper, more intelligent, more complete.

Until his arrival, ‘Juve’ was flat, predictable and even decadent. Danilo, Perin and the locals’ lack of success kept the score at 0-1 until Di María’s appearance. The world champion needed ten minutes to sort out the problems, 25 minutes from the end, with a powerful left foot from outside the area, the sign of the house. It is his fourth goal in Serie A, where he also collects another four assists.

The Old Lady has collected three points which take him to seventh positionnine behind Atalanta -who occupy the place in the Conference League- after an opaque game that illuminated the magic wand in the form of a left foot that Di María has, ready to be the hero of the season for his team and for an Allegri who must make formations of only ten players. This Juve is Di María and ten others.

Source: EFE