The visit of Pippo Inzaghi's Benevento to Juventus Stadium was presented as an optimal occasion for the bianconeri to try to forget the European debacle against Porto and, incidentally, send a notice to Inter. 90 minutes later, the notice did not reach the mailbox. Something from Gaich, after a rude gift from Arthur, turned into a defeat that leaves the Vecchia Signora ten points behind the leader neroazurro. Without Champions, it seems that the tenth scudetto consecutive will not arrive either and the Italian press did not take in reacting.
When the best of the game is your goalkeeper, Szczesny, something does not fuel. Pirlo planted a powerful eleven, with Cristiano, Morata, Chiesa, Kulusevski as attackers and a touch midfield with Arthur and Rabiot. The goals did not come, the nerves seized the premises and the Brazilian's mistake in the delivery did the rest. So much La Gazzetta dello Sport, in his usual post-game qualifications, like Tuttosport they pointed out practically everyone (“not one is saved”, title the chronicle of the clash), including the two footballers who have tried to hold on Il Maestro to keep the season afloat: Cristiano and Morata.
Disconnection between Cristiano and Morata
In the Turin newspaper they praise the work of Inzaghi (“it is clear that he closely followed the Juventus match with Porto”), at the same time that they point to the creative problems of Pirlo's men as the main cause of the disaster: “The beginning was terrible: a series of technical errors, a tiring construction and an attitude between apathetic and sleepy”. And it is this lack of battery in which they include the attacking couple. “Cristiano is not connected. Morata looks like someone who has just finished a marathon”, they point about the pair.
While the Gazzetta follows a similar line and although it begins in a benevolent way as far as Morata is concerned, “he did a beautiful action”, that's where the praise ended: “but He shot the doorman, drowning in a truly irritating nothing. With incompressible errors in the area. Cristiano and he no longer 'talk'. Where did Morata go?“, they sentenced.
All this earned the Spanish a '4.5', note only higher than Arthur's '4' (“soft and with the head elsewhere, like everyone else, but has greater responsibility “).” Disastrous “, he qualified Tuttosport to the former Barcelona, as well as points out that he tried a construction “crazy”, since his pass, destined for Danilo, ended up being a gift that Gaich would not miss.
“Is this Ronaldo?”
Ronaldo, although he receives a '5.5', is accused of being imprecise and his attitude stars in the analysis: “Okay, he shoots several times, but the line between imprecision and ability is blurred. Is this Ronaldo? Then there's the attitude: always late (and offside) on recoveries. ” The match started with CR7 receiving a jersey from Agnelli, president of Juventus, on the occasion of 770 goals with the initials G.O.A.T (the greatest of all time) on his back and ended with Paratici, sports director, putting out the fire after throw the scudetto: “Our line remains the same: we are not going to release the best player in the world”.
Since the possible return of the Portuguese star to Real Madrid came to the fore, the magnifying glass that points to Juventus Stadium is even greater. The club has tried to pamper its star, but a year without trio titles, accompanied by criticism of the team, They are not the type of scenario in which Paratici and Agnelli would like to have to deal with the future of the top scorer in history …