Turin-Juventus: Nico and Koopmeiners, the derby of wasted opportunities

Three shots on target and as many saves for Nico Gonzalez, same fate for captain Koopmeiners (“What an honor the armband is, I want to be a leader”) who, however, sought joy near Milinkovic Savic’s goal only on one occasion. All things considered, another bad day for two players in whom Juve invested almost 90 million. “We created some scoring situations to take the lead,” said Thiago Motta. But in the end, in addition to Yildiz’s tongue, Madama – who left two more points along the way – was unable to celebrate.

the non-goal and the agreement with yildiz

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Nico had the doubling ball on the left, it passed under the legs of Milinkovic Savic but Mbangula took too long before looking for his teammate and in the end the Argentine ended up offside and Juve never managed that goal celebrate. One opportunity among others wasted by a less than cynical Lady, who takes the lead but doesn’t know how to manage, maintain or increase the advantage. Nico Gonzalez disguised as Vlahovic did not end up among the scorers. The feeling with Yildiz must really blossom. The match against Torino was the second match they played together for 90 minutes. The two shared the field for 494 minutes in ten games, of which 7 were championship games. They didn’t always find each other, they tried to explain themselves after a lost ball, the shot shared to Holly and Benji in the second half he reiterated that they need more time together on the pitch to understand each other and facilitate each other, rather than hinder each other even if involuntarily.

koop pressure

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Koop, immovable from the attacking midfield, did not find the hoped-for performance and was Juve’s worst. “But I always see it clearly – Motta reiterated after the match with other honeyed words for the Dutchman – even if we are used to making comparisons with other situations which are never the same. When he is well the team is also well and vice versa. When we play well, all the quality players like him emerge, but when we don’t play well he and others are unable to express themselves at their best.” In short, Thiago continues to defend him but those who criticize him have to deal with Koopmeiners himself, who will also be different from the Atalanta one but when it comes to describing his season below expectations, his analysis is very clear: “We want do better, me first. Pressure is normal, responsibility is always there. My whole career has been like this. I also want to play with pressure, it’s all adrenaline. I am my first critic, no one puts more pressure on me than myself.”