Juve signed well – but play less well. Leicester did not sign and did not play well.
An old lady and a group of buried foxes make up two out of three ideas, signed with Makoto Asahara, after this football weekend.
Good signings Juventus, but…
There was reason to worry about the Juventus squad before this season, and the gods know that. Paulo Dybala, Giorgio Chiellini, Matisse de Ligt and Alvaro Morata are not modest losses. The alternatives were brought in on a slim budget in the wake of Dusan Vlahovic’s massive investment last winter.
Having said that, I have to say that they really hit the spot.
Gleeson Bremer looks as strong as he did in the Torino shirt. Angel Di Maria is still a great ball artist. The relentless Leandro Paredes is exactly what Juventus’ flawless midfield needs. And Arkadiusz Milik on loan might be an “unexciting” option on paper – but he certainly knows where the target is. Add to that the injury of Paul Pogba as savings capital.
So why would Fiorentina completely outsmart you?
Viola is a really good team and all due respect to them. But playing matches and trying to play some kind of constructive football sometimes seems to not matter this Juve version, just like the Juve version of last year’s times. If it had already paid off, that would be one thing. But neither the 0-0 draw outside Sampdoria (where Juventus Allegri invented the horseshoe scrolling map) nor the 1-1 draw with Fiorentina (yes, they still have a point) feel the results that delight Juventus fans. .
The way they handled the 1-1 encounter against Roma as well as the big win in the opening match against Sassuolo could clearly be put into the second round (a much better effort than the two mentioned above). But I have doubts as to whether Max Allegri’s style can really take Juventus to the level they were when he coached them last time, or at least to the level you should expect from the old lady.
Rodgers’ career with Leicester is coming to an end
Talk about questionable coaching efforts during the start of the season.
Leicester scored one point in five matches. They conceded five goals against Brighton who made a name for themselves for not being able to score on their chances.
The “foxes” are stuck deep in the hole, short and sweet.
Of course, it’s not just about Brendan Rodgers That they had an incomparably weak transfer window that they did, only substituting two key starting players (Kasper Schmeichel and Wesley Fofana) for reserve goalkeeper (Alex Smithies) and unproven Belgian PL (Wout Faes) and extending it with veteran Jamie Vardy. Vardy’s presumed heir Kelechi Iheanacho and Patson Dhaka scored in each of the 2-5 Cod on Sunday. Two players, like many other players on the team, the status of their team looks rather ambiguous.
For those of you who have listened to Sportbladet Premier LeagueDid you know that as fell pals felt last spring that Brendan Rodgers, in an excellent short, Leicester’s instrument might be headed toward the end of the road. It is undeniable that this start of the season has given water to that mill. Some kind of fresh start is needed.
The Renaissance of Dani Ceballos
If I had been told a year ago that Dani Ceballos would play ten minutes with confidence and confidence in a confrontation between Real Madrid and Real Betis in the fall of 2022, I would have dared to bet that he would be in a green and white shirt instead. It is completely white. After all, wasn’t it on the map that the talented Spanish midfielder would have a future as a valuable complement at Real Madrid?
After surprising ups and downs and a fiasco on loan at Arsenal, Ceballos nonetheless felt he was a burden rather than a key element of Real Madrid’s squad prior to last season.
Especially when he also missed the entire fall with a ligament injury.
Get me right – his minutes were very limited even when you’re healthy. His overall contribution to the club’s double this spring has been very limited compared to many of the other players. It’s still a fallback option in every way. But the former Betis producer has never grumbled about playing time, always doing his part and, in his own unexpected way, working his way up to Carlo Ancelotti’s squad planning.
Now it looks like he’s actually closer to extending his contract next summer (when it expires) than leaving Bosman (which everyone previously thought he would be).
Although his contribution to the 2-1 win against Betis was only ten minutes long, it still deserves attention.
