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Ángel Di María helped Juventus to their first defeat with an inexcusable shortcut. Watch how he knocked out his opponent
After Ángel Di María shone in the opening league game of the season against Sassuolo with a goal and an assist, things are going downhill for him. For one thing, he’s been nursing injuries and just when it seemed like his moment had finally come, he got himself incomprehensibly sent off. Now he’s facing another break, but this time it’s his own fault.
After Ángel Di María shone in the opening league game of the season against Sassuolo with a goal and an assist, things are going downhill for him. For one thing, he’s been nursing injuries and just when it seemed like his moment had finally come, he got himself incomprehensibly sent off. Now he’s facing another break, but this time it’s his own fault.
Of course, his short circuit didn’t help his teammates, who had to play shorthanded from the 40th minute. Christian Gytkjaer took advantage of this in the 74th minute to give Monza a 1-0 win over Juventus.
It was the first ever win for an Italian team in Serie A and also for coach Raffaele Palladino, who took over the team 6 days ago and coached his first match in the top Italian league, in which he managed to beat the most successful team in the history of this competition.
After 7 league rounds, the Old Lady is now in 8th place, thanks to its first defeat in the current Serie A season at the weekend, while the two leading teams (Napoli and Atalanta – the last two teams that have not lost in the league) are only 7 points behind.
Massimiliano Allegri is thus experiencing very difficult times, with a number of key figures unable to play due to injury, and on top of that, these setbacks.
But Juventus CEO Maurizio Arrivabene is firmly behind the experienced Italian coach. “It would be absolute madness to fire Allegri now. Massimiliano has a project in place at Juventus for the next four years. We have long-term plans and I am part of them as CEO.”
Juventus have so far been kept afloat mainly by the Brazilian stopper duo of Danilo and Bremer, as well as Serbian striker Dusan Vlahovic, who has already managed to score 4 times this season.
Allegri, however, is still waiting for Di María, Pogba, Chiesa and others to fully play. The Old Lady will then be much stronger than it is now. So the national break comes in very handy for this club.
Source: Football Italia, Twitter, Whoscored
