Sports activities editorial, Could 25 (EFE).- With nothing at stake, on a uninteresting day for Juventus, the curiosity within the match in opposition to Monza, one other group that had nothing to struggle for, targeted on Álex Sandro, who equaled Pavel Nedved because the foreigner with essentially the most appearances for the ‘Vecchia Signora’ and in addition mentioned goodbye to one of many objectives of the duel.
The outcome, 2-0 remaining, was the least necessary factor concerning the sport. All eyes have been targeted on Sandro, who introduced, at 33 years of age and after 9 seasons at Juventus, goodbye on the finish of the season. He nonetheless had one final mission in his remaining sport: to succeed in 327 official video games for Juventus and equal the legend Pavel Nedved.
Luis del Sol (295 video games), Paulo Dybala (293) and the membership’s present interim coach, Paolo Montero (278) are the ‘prime 5’ overseas gamers who’ve worn the Juventus shirt with essentially the most finishes. And, exactly, Montero didn’t need to be the unhealthy man and gave the beginning job to Sandro, who had accrued 5 consecutive video games with out taking part in between substitutes and accidents.
The Brazilian goalkeeper responded to his coach’s gesture with an awesome sport. The final one, in entrance of his followers, to match Nedved and say goodbye with dignity. His purpose, after half an hour, after a header from a nook directed by Nicolò Fagioli, brought on a particular celebration in entrance of his followers and surrounded by his teammates.
It was essentially the most weighty picture of an accident with no a lot bigger historical past. Federico Chiesa, shortly earlier than Sandro’s header, headed Juventus forward with a superbly crafted play. Chiesa, who’s accountable for Italy’s Euro Cup squad, scored his second purpose in a row after celebrating an alarming streak of eight consecutive official matches with no purpose.
He scored in opposition to Bologna on the final day and did it once more in opposition to Monza. Excellent news for Italy. Certainly one of their finest gamers shall be impressed to the large occasion in Germany. In complete, he’ll shut the season with ten objectives, his finest statistic after two consecutive campaigns through which he celebrated simply 4 objectives in every. Nonetheless, he’s behind his finest season, 2020/21, through which he collected 14 objectives and was declared the champion of the Euro Cup.
That was the entire story of the sport. There wasn’t far more. Juventus received and completed third behind Inter and Milan, as anticipated. After all, they’ve gone 4 seasons with out successful Serie A. After shedding 9 titles (2012-2020), they’ve a brief journey via the desert. Definitely, Chiesa’s nice purpose didn’t dampen Alex Sandro’s feelings in his farewell to the ‘Vecchia Signora’ followers.
— Information sheet:
2.- Juventus: Perin (Pinsoglio, min. 46); Weah, Danilo, Rugani, Sandro (Djalo, min. 73), Iling Júnior; Fagoli (Caviglia, min. 79), Alcaraz; Chiesa, Milik (Vlahovic, min. 73) and Yildiz (Miretti, min. 88).
0.- Monza: Sorrentino; Birindelli (Zerbin, 66 minutes), D’Ambrosio, Pablo Mari, Izzo, Pereira (Kyriakopoulos, 75 minutes); Colpani (Djuric, 46 minutes), Gagliardini (Bondo, 46 minutes), Pessina, Carboni (Ferraris, 81 minutes); and Mota.
Objectives: 1-0, min. 26: Church; 2-0, min. 28: Sandro.
Referee: Maria Ferrieri. He confirmed a yellow card to Carboni (min. 38) for Monza and Yildiz (min. 63) to Juventus. Mozan despatched off Zerbin (minimal 90) for a straight crimson card.
Occasions: match equivalent to the final day of Serie A performed on the Juventus Stadium in Turin. EFE
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