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Juventus seems to be lowering its dependence on Cristiano Ronaldo.
The nine-time defending champions overcame an unusually sub-par efficiency from the 35-year-old ahead towards Italian league chief AC Milan on Wednesday, as an alternative getting targets and assists from children Federico Chiesa, Weston McKennie and Dejan Kulusevski.
Chiesa scored twice within the 3-1 victory at San Siro, ending Milan’s 27-match unbeaten run.
The 23-year-old winger joined Juventus from Fiorentina on switch deadline day in October for 50 million euros ($60 million). Critics stated he was overhyped and overpriced, however he seems to be doing simply what Juventus coach Andrea Pirlo needs.
”We signed him to get him into one-on-one conditions within the remaining third and he does that brilliantly,” Pirlo stated.
Chiesa left the sector instantly after his second purpose halfway via the second half, resulting in some hypothesis that he could have been injured.
”I am tremendous,” stated Chiesa, who additionally scored in Sunday’s match towards Udinese. ”I had a small hip downside, however no muscle points. It is nothing critical.”
The win moved Juventus inside seven factors of Milan in fourth place. The group’s subsequent match is on Sunday towards fifth-place Sassuolo.
Chiesa was on the coronary heart of most of Juve’s assaults towards Milan and he additionally hit the woodwork early within the recreation.
”Giving every little thing for this group takes you to a excessive degree and the targets are a results of that,” Chiesa stated. ”For the primary purpose, I simply did what the coach asks of me: to launch the ball and time my runs into area nicely.
”When you will have gamers like (Paulo) Dybala and Cristiano who see issues that others do not, every little thing is less complicated. The second purpose on my left foot, nevertheless, is all the way down to coaching. You might have higher accountability at Juve.”
Wednesday’s victory additionally demonstrated the group’s envy-inducing power in depth. Dybala, who arrange the 2 targets, and Chiesa have been changed by Kulusevski and McKennie, who mixed for the group’s third.
Chiesa is 23, McKennie is 22 and Kulusevski is 20.
The victory over Milan was the membership’s first over considered one of Serie A’s prime groups this season, with matches towards second-place Inter Milan and third-place Roma to come back within the subsequent month.
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