Juventus dominate without reward

The Juventus dominated this Saturday from start to finish Empoli (0-0), but was not able to carry out any of its countless strategies in the rival area, prisoner of a good defense network of the locals and victims sometimes to rush in the last meters, to mistakes in the meaning.

The ‘Juve’ of Thiago Motta, who this Tuesday will return to the Champions League against PSV after a season punished without European competitions, continues to be seen as the only candidate to compete for the ‘Scudetto’ at Inter. By team and by game. He is new Empoli He showed the two. All the big names played, split between starters and substitutes; and he played well, no doubt, but without reward.

Because they are useless 16 shots in the whole game compared to 5 by Empoli. OrA huge difference supported by the great defensive work of Gatti, the captain, and Bremer in the middle of the defense, Empoli’s firewall from all danger. And made to attack by the talent of many names that it now has in its team. From Koopmeiners or Nico González, for the first time, headlines; or the Fagioli, Mbangula and Weah, youth who entered the second half to continue a stalled rivalry.

Because most of Juventus’ shots have to come from a long distance or with shots towards the lateral centers. Empoli’s good strategy did not let the team down Motta penetrate between the lines or run into the counter space. Empoli slowed down as much as possible, kept to its plan and won the tie.

There were even some counterattacks in the second half that ended in long shots that troubled the goal of Perin, starter today ahead of Di Gregorio, starting goalkeeper. In fact, he almost scored before finishing off a shot from Gyasi already Gatti, huge, taken in a mow before Perin may interfere.

Nothing can handle their monologue ‘Old Lady’ in it Carlo Castellani, but nothing will endanger the defensive framework of the locals, who firmly kept the result to get a good draw against ‘Juve’, a team that added a second consecutive goalless draw after the one achieved at home, in Juventus Stadium , against Roma.

On Tuesday, after a season marked by no European competitions, ‘Juve’ returned to the big stage ‘Champions’. They do it renewed, with a new coach, with a young squad and names known in Italy for their talent. And he’s doing it at home, with fans once again excited about the project. The two ties, this Tuesday, will be forgotten when the anthem of the highest club competition at European level is played again.