Maximum results with minimum effort. There Juventus wins the advance with theAtalanta without shining but it doesn't matter: now the points ahead of Roma, albeit momentarily, are 10 and the head can go to Borussia Dortmund. Assuming it wasn't already there because the doubt, feared on the eve, becomes almost a certainty in the light of yesterday's performance. Which brought a limited and painful success, and a comeback: not the best in view of the match against the Germans, who yesterday collected their third consecutive victory in Stuttgart (2-3) .
“I was expecting something more in terms of pace – he admitted Massimiliano Allegri. – We were still good at overturning the game, even if we threw away too many balls in the final due to a lack of clarity. We still have to improve but I know that against Dortmund we will be ready and we will play a great match”. The safety of the coach is also the hope of all the Juventus people, a bit perplexed in the light of the team's recent performances.
Let's be clear: criticizing Juve is a bit like looking for the classic hair on the egg, however it is implicit that the Champions League requires almost perfection. It is also right to underline yesterday's turnover, inevitable in the light of the next matches (Borussia and Roma), conditioning in terms of play and intensity. Why, with all due respect to Caceres, Padoin and Llorente, Lichtsteiner, Evra and Morata they are something else, moreover it is probable (and understandable) that Pirlo, Marchisio, Pogba and Tevez have managed a little 'forces.
In all this Atalanta, lined up by Colantuono with a very cautious attitude, he played his game, which turned out to be much more balanced than we thought on the eve. It was precisely the Bergamo players who unlocked it after 25 minutes of play, taking advantage of the amnesia (not the first to tell the truth) of the Lady on set pieces. A cold shot that of Migliaccio, which for a good quarter of an hour rocked the stadium, as well as reinvigorating Garcia's Roma. But then the black and white champions took the chair: Llorente (tap in easy easy scrum in the 39') and above all Pirlo, capable of fishing for the joker with a right foot in the seven as beautiful as it is unstoppable (45').
Six minutes to reverse the scenarios, just like in the first half in Cesena. This time, however, Juve knew how to manage the match, even if without the malice necessary to end it. Atalanta, even without creating particular dangers at Buffon's goal, thus remained in the running until the 94th minute, showing the whole of Italy that, with the right intensity, they can keep up with the leaders.
"It's a key moment in the championship, these victories are good for you - Allegri cut short. – We weren't able to play well and we started to protect the result, on the other hand we can't win them all by walking. In any case, it will be a different match against Borussia, in Europe we play in a different way”. Yes, in the Champions League (where Vidal will return, yesterday in the stands after a disagreement with the same coach) much more will have to be done. Otherwise, on Tuesday night, we will find ourselves commenting on another European disappointment.
