Juve triumph. It should have been a very balanced match, for some even against Barcelona as favourites, but instead it turned out to be a ride with strong black and white colors. The one seen yesterday evening is undoubtedly the best Juventus in the Champions League version since Marcello Lippi: the 3-1 win over Real Madrid on 14 May 2003 earned a final, yesterday's 3-0 not yet but it is certainly worth a loud and clear message to all of Europe.
Because to date, while waiting for the other big match between Bayern Munich and Real this evening, there is no one who can really be said to be superior to Allegri's team. The numbers speak for themselves: the bianconeri have conceded only 2 goals in 9 games, all of them in the group stage.
And if Porto could have passed as an unreliable test, the same cannot be said of Barcelona, yet last night the Catalans were put under much more than the Portuguese. It is still not enough to talk about the semi-final being reached: the memory of the remuntada against PSG is too fresh to do so, yet there is the feeling of having finally reached that turning point that the Juventus people have been waiting for for years.
"It's only the first step, in Barcelona it will be a different game - warned Allegri - But this doesn't mean that we have to curb our enthusiasm: we played a great match in all respects, I'm happy for the boys and for the club".
In the triumph of the Stadium there is a lot of this coach, good at "sniffing out" the 4-2-3-1 at the right moment (defeat of Florence) to develop it in view of games like this. And so we saw a front-wheel drive Juve that scared Barça from the start, only to hit them twice in the 22nd minute with Dybala, author of the most sparkling performance of his career right in the presence of Messi.
Left-footed brace (7' and 22') and many greetings to those who had criticized him for the few goals scored so far, but above all two very strong slaps against Barcelona. Luis Enrique's team didn't understand anything and if it is true that he could have scored a goal (Iniesta in the first half and Suarez in the second), the same goes for Juve. Chiellini's 3-0 at the start of the second half (55') certified a very important result, which also inescapably addresses the qualification issue.
"The first part of the race was very difficult, very similar to the one in Paris - Luis Enrique's disconsolate comment - It will be difficult to do another feat like that, but it was also difficult to lose again in the same way" .
That's actually exactly the case, which is why Juventus have at least one foot in the semifinal since last night. At the Camp Nou intelligence and courage will be needed, because nobody really cares about falling at the most beautiful moment.
