Juventus beats Parma 2-0, with whistles at halftime and early in the second half, some limitations and fear. The decisive goal is scored by Nico Gonzalez, the man for whom Spalletti had publicly advocated to keep. And immediately the gift that reciprocates the coach’s trust: after a complicated hour of play, the Argentine shoots from outside and solves the puzzle, projecting Juventus to full points with the help of Vicario who makes a great save on Romero and Koopmeiners who scores the second just after coming on, speaking of revivals. Whistles rain down from the Stadium stands at halftime.
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Juventus cannot break through the flexible and elastic wall of Cuesta’s Parma, which returns once again to last year’s 3-5-2. The youngest team of the youngest coach in the league plays with experience, awareness, and calm, dismantling Italian clichés about youth bringing results. For 45 minutes Spalletti’s players move the ball slowly and manage to create something good only by isolating Conceicao on the right, relying on his personal initiatives. Kolo Muani struggles without depth to attack, David does not help despite being deployed behind the striker, in a theoretically ideal position for his characteristics.
Not by chance Juventus enters the game as soon as David leaves, overwhelmed by whistles from the Stadium. Nico Gonzalez comes on, fresh from a loan season at Atletico and the World Cup final played as a starter with Argentina, shoots three times within five minutes: a great save by Corvi, a post, a goal helped by Troilo’s strange hand deflection. It’s the 63rd minute and Juventus unlocks a match that was becoming a puzzle. Alajbegovic, on the other hand, comes on but is disoriented and risks compromising everything with a too light intervention to be a penalty, but for which Parma protests. In the end Konate falls asleep and Koopmeiners, just entered, signs the safe 2-0.
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A different striker than David and even Kolo Muani would be needed precisely for these matches in which the team controls the ball. But also in midfield, given Thuram’s problems, still absent, it would be appropriate to intervene. “We were interested in Kessié. Probably the player or his agent’s interest in coming to Juventus was not that great,” said the Bianconeri general manager Carnevali to Dazn about the midfielder who preferred Atalanta. Three days remain until the end of the market: an opportunity will come up, the point is to be able to seize it.
