2-1 and thank you. That is the summary of Porto-Juve this Wednesday. The Portuguese played a superb match, but Chiesa's goal in the 81st minute keeps the flame of illusion alive in Turin. Christian, who lives installed on a roller coaster against dragons, showed to be in the lowest part of the attraction. The Portuguese star could not connect with his teammates throughout the game and his only company was loneliness, since he was isolated for 90 minutes. His frustration was evident with a center that he put and did not find a finisher, after which he was clearly upset. In fact, the performance of the '7' did not even deserve approval in the usual post-match ratings of 'La Gazzetta dello Sport',
The Italian media gives him a '4.5', sharing the second worst note with Kulusevski, but with a few tenths less than the extreme, as can be seen when taking a look at the way they describe their match: “Bentancur avoids being the worst of the game. He loses face to Mbappé and seems to want to imitate Messi. Focused or away, but always stopped and without ideas. There are no excuses”. The Uruguayan midfielder, with a '4', snatches this particular award RazzieBut surely this misstep has taken a toll on CR7's competitive gene.
“It is difficult for him to understand Pirlo's idea”
Criticism of Cristiano did not come only from 'La Gazzetta', since Antonio Cassano, in the channel Twitch by Christian Vieri ('Bobo TV'), was dispatched at ease against the star Juventine: “He scores one goal per game, but it is difficult for him to understand Pirlo's idea of football. He's always been a bit selfish, he doesn't give a damn if others score, is a player who lives to score. He does not live for the game, he lives for the goal and this makes, at this moment, the situation worsens. Years go by for everyone and this puts him in difficulties. “
Morata, the other side of the coin
The best of the match was the scorer bianconero of the night, Federico Chiesa, with a '7', and the following an Álvaro Morata (a '6.5') who was not a starter (he entered in 62 ') and who with his absence vindicated his importance: “No, Morata cannot be left out in games like this. He replaced McKennie and brought liveliness to the attack. He created chances and even Ronaldo improved a bit (with his entry). “And it was surprising that the Spaniard was not part of the starting eleven, since he had been very successful in European competition in previous games (he had 6 goals in 6 games).
Thanks to both Chiesa, Juve arrives alive in Turin. It is clear that Morata is necessary in this team almost as much as Cristiano's goals. The Portuguese only managed to shoot once, a shot that did not even take the goal. Far away numbers that the top scorer of all time has used to. On the way back, surely there is a thirst for revenge …