De Rossi brings out the best ‘Joya’

“An Argentine journalist, in his newspaper, after the second game after my debut, in which I managed to score, gave me the nickname ‘La Joya’. He said he would be a diamond, that he would go far. Like this he explained, more than seven years ago, Paulo Dybala the origin of his nickname.

At the time, the man from Córdoba was only 22 years old and had just finished his first season at Juventusraising’shield‘, Coppa and Supercoppa of Italy and surprised the old continent with 23 goals and seven assists. FC Barcelona, ​​​​Real Madridthe Premier League… Dybala He got everyone’s attention.

And it didn’t stop there. The following year, he led the ‘Vecchia Signora’ to the final of the Champions League, an exhibition that included against Barça In the first leg of the quarterfinals, he added two more titles – Serie A and Coppa – to his record and, last summer, he inherited the mythical ’10’ of Alessandro Del Piero.

However, after the 2017-18 season where he signed his best numerical campaign in Juventus (26 goals in all competitions), his light began to shine. Hurt by injuries, his performance began to decline and, after months of speculation and links to other teams, such as Inter, Dybala reached the eternal city once his contract with Juventus.

“I lost my joy a little bit,” he said. Jose Mourinhounder whose command Dybala began to regain its luster. But if anyone brings out the best ‘Jewel’ it is Daniel De Rossiin exchange for the Portuguese in Rome. Since his arrival on the bench, the Argentine has scored a goal per game: nine goals and an assist in 10 games in which the ‘gianlorosso’ balance is a defeat, against Inter (2-4), two draws and seven wins.

Especially brilliant is the last of them, where the Rossi they beat the Brighton of Roberto De Zerbi with a 4-0 opener Dybalawho will certainly want to change the tears after losing in the final of the last edition of the Europa League, against Seville and by penalties (1-1, 4-1), for his first title as a Romanist.