Juve, Dybala’s injury worries. Cheerful optimist

The first leg with Villarreal is there, a few days away, on Tuesday evening. And Juve continues to lose pieces: beyond the disqualified Danilo, Chiellini, Bonucci and Bernardeschi were already missing, Rugani got hurt in the warm-up, Pellegrini in the first half. But beyond the necessary balancing act in defense, the physical trouble that immediately raised the level of concern – pending the investigations – was Paulo Dybala’s exit from the field in the 54th minute. “I’m not worried at all. Those who are skilled and enlisted will play against Villarreal on Tuesday ”, Allegri cut short at the end of the match.

Joya lost

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Halfway through the first half between the feet of the Argentine the ball of doubling had landed in the center of the area, rejected by Milinkovic. It is not even the tenth of the second half when Joya tries again, and we are still 1-0: Locatelli catches him in the central band and Dybala tries the blow from 20 meters which ends up a little wide. But especially immediately after the shot Paulo asks for the change: he felt a nuisance, instead of him McKennie. The diagnoses do not make faces, but the one leaving the derby is much more relaxed than the one in tears at the knockout with Sampdoria: Dybala reassured those who asked him for news, the attitude was not particularly worried. The first verdict is about muscle fatigue, the ice pack is on the left flexor. “Dybala shouldn’t have anything special – Allegri said -, he felt a little hardening behind: let’s see in the next few days”. The investigations in the next few hours will tell if he stopped in time. In any case, the tight deadlines before Villarreal are the biggest problem, even if it wasn’t anything serious.

Minus two

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Dybala’s injury was the third of the evening. The first arrived even before starting: Daniele Rugani’s physical problems in the warm-up are not better specified, but enough to prevent him from even going on the bench. Luca Pellegrini came in instead of him, but the last seven to eight minutes of the first half had to stop stoically on one leg due to a pain in his left knee: a bruise for him. For Villarreal there are currently no elements to be optimistic about the return from the start of at least one between Bonucci and Chiellini, alongside De Ligt. And indirectly Allegri confirmed it: “The most important return will be that of Danilo, who was disqualified in the championship”.