The mission is accomplished, the rest, hopefully, will be taken care of by the urn of Nyon. Juventus victorious over Dinamo Zagreb and first in the group, just as everyone expected on the eve: yet, paradoxically, the draw risks being dangerous just like last year, when the Lady closed the first phase with only a second place. “Guilt” of Bayern Munich, Manchester City, Paris Saint Germain and Real Madrid, the latter author of a sensational comeback on the contrary at home with Borussia Dortmund.
The 2-2 at the Bernabeu (blancos ahead 2-0 and come back from Reus 2' from the end) also adds Zidane's team to the list of dangers, so much so that the bianconeri can only cross their fingers and hope for good luck. “I don't know if we should finish first, everything will depend on the ball – sighed Massimiliano Allegri. – In any case, if you want to advance in the Champions League you have to face the strongest, so it's better to have won the group. And then this year we hadn't yet scored 3 points at home…”.
It is useless to bandage your head ahead of time, also because, it should be remembered, the urn of Nyon could also reserve Benfica, Bayer Leverkusen or Porto: if that were the case, every speech would fall apart, it is clear however that in Turin they were hoping for a better chance of a "soft" draw. In any case, Juventus closes its group with 14 points out of 18, an enviable score resulting from 2 draws and 4 wins.
The last one, that of yesterday, obtained against anything but irresistible Dinamo Zagreb, numbers to the least worst team in the Champions League (0 points, 0 goals scored and 15 conceded). Despite the declarations made on the eve, Allegri was well aware that the result was almost obvious, which is why he allowed himself the luxury of experimenting with a new game system, as well as making a massive turnover. The initial 3-4-1-2, never tried before, has seen on the bench Chiellini, Alex Sandro and Khedira, in addition to the reentrant Dybala (for him 10' in the final). The important thing was to win without wasting too much energy, a fundamental objective given the derbies on sunday in the home of a very competitive Turin. And then there was to be released Gonzalo Higuain, dry for over a month and on the verge of an identity crisis: mission, also in this case, accomplished.
Pipita found the goal again in the 52nd minute with a stone from outside the area, then, to close each discussion, Rugani took care of it, with his second consecutive goal after Saturday's against Atalanta (72'). “Now we have to think about Turin, then we will have Roma and Milan in the Super Cup – he continued Allegri. – Only after that will we focus on the Champions League, we have 7 important matches before diving back into this competition." Between the derby and the challenge against the Giallorossi, however, there is the draw on Monday: on that day, we can bet, the Juventus coach will have nothing else on his mind.
