Escape is served. From the wheel of Turin comes a 2-0 that sends Juventus into orbit, now definitively in command of the standings with 4 points ahead of Naples and leaves Atalanta only the bitter taste of compliments for having tried to subvert the prediction. In short, no surprises from this championship recovery: the strongest were the winners, just as expected.
But woe to think that the players from Bergamo have "dodged", just to use a term so dear to the anti-Juventus players scattered throughout Italy. Gasperini tried with courageous training choices but this Juve simply proved to be stronger and made him the match by exploiting the greatest technical quality.
The success is worth the consolidation of a first place already conquered last Sunday and now strengthened by the 4 points advantage over Napoli: a nice groove, it must be said, so much so that many are starting to think that the seventh consecutive Juventus championship is only a matter of time.
“The practice is absolutely not closed, woe to make this mistake – warned Allegri in the press conference. – However, we cannot afford missteps because Napoli are still there, we will have to live this season finale with enthusiasm but without getting too excited. I have a large squad at my disposal and the common goal is to win the Scudetto, the Coppa Italia and move forward in the Champions League, that's why we have to continue working as we are doing".
In short, no early celebrations, after all, the Juventus coach has now acquired a certain aptitude for success, at least in the national field. Games like yesterday's prove it better than many words: other teams could run the risk of underestimating them or facing them with dead batteries, but his Juve didn't.
After all, a team that has reached 12 consecutive victories with only one goal conceded doesn't have to prove anything, the numbers speak for it. Defensive solidity is this Lady's true weapon, with the paradox that the "underdog" Atalanta tried to play the game and she ended up hitting it with a deadly restart.
It was the usual Higuain who broke the impasse, rapacious in finalizing a coast-to-coast ride by Douglas Costa and beating Berisha (29 '), Matuidi (81') closed it, left guiltily undisturbed to strike by his still shaken teammates by the (sacrosanct) expulsion of Mancini, just when Gasperini had just attempted an all-in with a 4-2-4 (Ilicic, Petagna, Cornelius and Gomez on the field at the same time) aimed at a draw.
“We must be proud of this match, we showed personality and played the game for a long time – commented the Nerazzurri coach. – Clearly Juve's technical rate is very high, among the best in the world, and not losing in Turin is not easy for anyone, in any case we know that reaching Europe will pass through other matches".
Atalanta takes home the compliments, Juve the points: Allegri, and with him all the black and white people, that's fine.
