Juventus 1 – Torino 1: Initial Reaction and Random Observations

It's two matches and about 180 or 190 minutes of play time since Juventus was officially named eight-time Serie A champion. And in those 180 minutes of play, the quality of the game is not exactly the same as a team that has the pressure and has fun after months to look for a title.

I would say it's a surprise.

But this is not the case.

The second game of Juventus, after officially becoming the winner of the Scudetto, once again looked like the unimpressive end product we saw for much of the 2018-2019 campaign. With a 1-1 draw against Torino, their rival in the Derby della Mole at the Allianz Stadium, Juve have now lost four points out of six possible, with the model of what we have seen for a good part of the season one more time. .

Juventus plays like a relative shit, then is bailed out by a goal from Cristiano Ronaldo.

It was like that last weekend against Inter Milan. And it was like that again against Torino, the head of Ronaldo in the 83rd minute of a Leonardo Spinazzola center scoring the club's 601st goal for the 7th place of Juve.

But at least Juventus found a sense of urgency – in the 80th minute. It was good.

These types of games, regardless of whether they are derbies, would always be interesting to handle because of the lack of incentive incentives – for Juventus and not for opposition – and the number of injuries currently in Max Allegri's player list. . The only players available on the bench on Friday night were substitute goalkeeper (Carlo Pinsoglio) and a trio of defenders (Andrea Barzagli, Martin Caceres and Mattia De Sciglio), which meant that Allegri's ability to bring changes would return to a level of comfort he may be throwing one of the young in the fire of a Turin derby.

It was not until the 78th minute that Allegri brought a change, engaging Matheus Pereira on an extremely frustrating Juan.

And you did not know that once the change was made, it was when Juventus was at its worst all night.

You do not want your team to suddenly find its sense of urgency with just over 10 minutes to go, but that's the case with Juventus vs. Torino, ending a relatively forgotten football night .

It does not matter whether it was Miralem Pjanic's efforts to hold the Torinoan press that led to the first goal of the match or the overall Juventus product in front of the opposing goal for just about all the match outside the big goal of Ronaldo. two other chances to score.

This is basically what we have seen from Juventus much of the 2018-19 season. Juventus did just enough to get points – or, in this case, a point – and enough to not lose.

Not that Juventus has a lot to do to boast Friday night, but it would be nice to see them show more than 15 minutes of good football against a team that has a lot of points at stake in this match and in the game. rest. four devices.

THOUGHTS AND RANDOM OBSERVATIONS

• I guess we are here to watch Juventus watch the last month of the season rather than playing football without stress and obstacles. It was too much to ask, I guess.
• Faithful to the tradition of the last matches, Moise Kean touched the ball 23 times against Torino. It would be nice if it had been during his last two appearances. It was a beginning – and yet Kean still did not get the service he needed to thrive.
• And yet, some of Juve's most dangerous moments – especially those of a rather dull first half – were Kean's courtesy on the right channel. I'm not saying he had a good game, far from it, but there were times when he liked his game even though he was not on the scoresheet and his WhoScored rating was not very good.
• The only really bad thing about Kean's game on Friday night: 45% success. Yuck.
• The broken toes of Alex Sandro mean that Leo Spinazzola will get a good playing time the last month of the season. And if he plays pretty much like he did against Torino, a game in which he was clearly one of the best players of Juventus on the field, he's going to end a season where he did not even appear in a match until mid-January. very high note. This could also mean that Juventus also has decisions to make regarding the position of the left-back.
• In total, Spinazzola attempted 11 crossovers on Friday night. As a team, Torino has tried 10.
• I still wonder what Miralem Pjanic thought about the sequence that led to the goal of Turin. Why oh why did not you just try to send it to Wojciech Szczesny, Mire?
• Federico Berndardeschi's second straight game on the left wing – though it's everywhere on the ground as the night progresses – has not given exactly a lot of results, no. Is not it?
• Joao Cancelo's early season I miss him again.
• Juan Cuadrado goes Juan Cuadrado. That's what we should expect today, but those frustrating and predictable moments do not make you forget. At least they do it for me.
• It was the kind of perfect match for Giorgio Chiellini against Andrea Belotti. He could be as physical as he would like against a physical striker, and it's not like we've heard a lot from Captain Torino. Chiellini, meanwhile, had a kind of very Chiellini match: six tackles, two interceptions, three clearances and a shot countered.
• Who is impatient for Juventus to play in Rome next weekend? No matter who? Bueller?