Sampdoria nullified a struggling Juve

In this emergency Juventus in the face of so many casualties – Di Maria, Pogba, Chiesa, Bonucci…-, painful solutions are urgently needed. Come for the wounded, para Massimiliano Allegri or find them in the market, with Memphis Depay as the most requested product. ‘Vecchia Signora’ was a difficult team against a very diligent and organized Sampdoria, which nullified a midfielder who hardly intervened to isolate Vlahovic. The return of Rabiot and the first ownership of Kostic They were completely overlooked and Allegri did not like the benefits of his midfield, which consisted of the Frenchman, Locatelli and McKennie. The undeniable proof is that it gave an entrance to the youth Miretti and Rovella by Locatelli and McKennie in the second half.

The casualties and the change of scheme from 4-4-2 to 4-3-3 They don’t sit well with a Juventus that has little spark, encouraged only by slight impulses within its medium on the ball. The ‘Vecchia Signora’ managed to emerge unscathed from Sampdoria’s spirited start, leather dominated the first 10 minutes and was about to complicate life for Allegri’s men by Leris, standing alone earlier Perin to pass from say and see how the Juventus goalkeeper failed him.

Juve controlled the ball after a quarter of an hour, but not with dominance. Sampdoria, sometimes with 4-4-2, sometimes with 4-5-1, very good defending far and wide and everything that could produce a group of Turin without collective solutions was reduced to some failure of ‘Samp’ or to some moment of individual inspiration. It only happened once, when Square he took it back across the field but he threw the doll in front of Audero.

The ball spent more time at the centre-backs’ feet –Bremer and Rugani, the substitute for Bonucci-, that of the midfielders, was not published in the first half. Even Rabiot, so acclaimed his return. The French, next to the other interior, McKennie, tried to break into the space left on the Sampdoria side when they jumped for the ‘bianconeros’ wingers, Kostic and Squarebut all remained in good faith.

Well covered with ‘Samp’ edges, Beresynski and Augello to never get to space, neither Kostic nor Cuadrado gave an imbalance. The main argument used by the Turin team is the long balls that look for ends or sides -Alex Sandro and Danilo-, when they stretch. But the synchronization between the movement of the ball and the player is null. So, it’s impossible for Vlahovic to activate.

Another wind with Miretti and Rovella but not enough

Juve had fluidity in the second half, also because Sampdoria eased their pressure a bit and spaces appeared for Allegri’s men to find more times inside. the interiors. In the medullary, the entrance of Miretti, 19 years old, by McKennie he lit up the ‘bianconero’ game and his impact was immediate, by stealing the ball at the exit of the Genoese team and opening the band in Vlahović, who crossed for the arrival from the second line and the shot in the net of Rabiot. however, goal disallowed after reviewing the play.

The entry of another young man like Rovella -20 years- for Locatelli in midfield showed Allegri’s disagreement with his starting core. Although they activated a completely absent midfielder in the first half, Juve continued to lack foresight in their ball movement. The eternal Fabio Quagliarella burst onto the scene in the second half and brought Sampdoria close to the goal and, in added time, Audero saved the team’s commendable work from Marco Giampaolo with a good intervention on Kostic’s shot after Kean’s center. Juve need more.