Is one! Juventus puts the Italian Super Cup on the bulletin board and thus opens the 2019 winter "collection", in the hope of being able to repeat itself in the spring with decidedly more important titles. To sign the final in Gedda, ça va sans dire, that CR7 landed in black and white precisely to decide evenings like these: it is the first trophy in the Juve shirt and it is safe to bet that it will certainly not be the last.
Milan, for its part, returned home saddened by the defeat but reassured by the performance: the Rossoneri played it out until the end, in defiance of their evident technical inferiority and a far from serene environmental situation. In fact, more than the match, Gattuso had to think about the Higuain case, which culminated with a bench (officially due to fever) which ended his sad experience in the worst possible way with the Rossoneri.
The other great news that comes from the night in Gedda concerns him: Juventus and Chelsea have reached an agreement for his transfer on the basis of a loan until June with an option (mandatory in the event of a minimum number of appearances and goals) to 2020. Formula that satisfies the black and whites (the total takings will be the same as agreed in the summer with Milan) and the blues (Marina Granovskaia, Abramovich's right arm, does not want to buy over 30 outright), a little less the red and blacks who, at this point, will have to tighten up on Piatek as soon as possible, hoping to reach a satisfactory agreement with Genoa.
You are afraid that we will move forward in the next few days and that the clubs had "frozen" due to the Super Cup, even if then, in the light of the facts, there was more talk of the transfer market than of the match. Returning to that, as everyone knows, Juventus won but not without controversy. In fact, Banti's refereeing is holding the court, guilty of not having seen two very suspicious episodes in both penalty areas. Zapata's arm on Ronaldo's cross and Emre Can's intervention on Conti deserved at least a visit to the monitor, especially as the match had turned nasty after Kessie's expulsion (sacrosanct, pity that a minute earlier a similar foul by Matuidi had escaped).
“You judge the episodes, I'm just saying that technology exists to be used – growled Gattuso – They are a squadron but I don't understand certain things, too bad: we gave everything, even something more, and we go home with a defeat that it burns".
It was a fun game for Gedda, which saw two teams on the edge of balance until the last minute of added time, demonstrating that the finals go beyond any type of forecast. The sliding doors of the evening, referee episodes aside, was Cutrone's cross against Szczesny (48'): it would have been 1-0 Milan instead, a few minutes later, Juve's goal arrived with the usual Ronaldo, very good at shooting on the edge of offside and beat Donnarumma with a header (61').
“We bought him for this, he is a decisive added value – acknowledged Allegri – The team played a good game even if the dribbling was too slow, after all it was hot as we returned from the break. The important thing, however, was to bring home the cup”.
The tenth trophy of his management goes to him, while Gattuso is left with only problems and not just because of the transfer market. Kessie's expulsion and the admonitions of Romagnoli and Calabria will force him into yet another emergency formation at Genoa, a match to be won in order not to lose further ground from fourth place. The photograph of the seasons of Juventus and Milan, after all, could not be more precise.
