Poker served. Juventus regained their victory with a resounding 4-0 win against Udinese, further enhanced by Lazio's draw in Palermo (2-2). Waiting for Napoli, engaged on the difficult field of Fiorentina (at 12.30), the bianconeri thus take off at +5 on the second in the standings. In short, after a few days like this at Juve it's time to celebrate again. Also because the premises were far from positive: without Pirlo and Marchisio, Conte launched Pogba and Giaccarini from the first minute. Well chosen choices, especially the one relating to the Frenchman, author of a majestic game, and not only for the splendid brace.
“It has important characteristics and potential – said Conte. – Paul is 19 years old, he has to gain experience and be stimulated and he knows that he shouldn't relax. I continually stimulate him and I dedicate myself to those who have to grow like him, we will have to be good at this. In the role of him he is one of the best, it is up to him to grow. As Mazzone said, you have to use carrot and stick…”.
Going back to the match, perhaps too little was expected from Juve and too much from Udinese, shy and blunted by the influence of Totò Di Natale. From the first minutes, the Italian champions charged with their heads down, but Pogba's masterpiece was needed to unlock the match, who unloaded a missile into Padelli's goal. The Frenchman has avoided one of the most frequent problems this year: not being able to close matches. His shot (this time in the bottom corner) blew up the Stadium and launched Juve towards the goal.
At that point, in fact, the attackers were unleashed. First Vucinic (shot with the kind collaboration of Padelli), then Matri (who took over from Giovinco at the beginning of the second half) punched the Friulian goal, significantly rounding off the result. In the face of those who spoke of a Juve in crisis. “When I heard this word I was serene – Conte replied. – We literally gave away points in the last two races. Something incredible happened with Samp that will not be repeated, in Parma we had the match in hand and we conceded a daring goal. We listen to everything but we work even more with mentality and desire”.
The only cue of the evening Sebastian Giovinco, author of a bad test. Conte replaced him at half-time (also due to a small flexor problem) with Matri, who repaid him with his 4th goal in just 11 games. The Juventus attack then returned to being the best in Serie A (45 goals, 2 more than Zeman's Roma): are you sure you really need the top player?
