Juve. Kostic, Paredes, Milik: Allegri has appointed three new “senators”

Massimiliano Allegri’s new musketeers come from different leagues but have already proven that they are from Juventus. Filip Kostic, Arek Milik and Leandro Paredes are the good face of the Lady, less glamorous summer gifts from Angel Di Maria and Paul Pogba but no less precious, if only because at the moment they are healthy, as opposed to the two stars on a free transfer, both unavailable. In Paris Allegri fielded them all together from the first minute, as with Fiorentina, and the three made a decent contribution to the Juventus cause, helping the team not to collapse under the blows of Neymar and Mbappé and participating in the final reaction. The coach insists on the concept of patience because he is convinced that it takes time to insert the latest arrivals, who will be able to give a lot in terms of quality and substance. Kostic, Milik and Paredes also have experience in the European field and will be useful immediately, when Juventus will have to face the decisive round for qualifying for the round of 16 of the Champions League (the challenge with Benfica at home) certainly without the Octopus and perhaps even without Fideo, who 90% will miss the Salernitana but will try to recover for the Cup, this time however without damaging forcing.

Time, we said. In France it has already gone better than in Florence, when Paredes (debut) and Kostic seemed much more confused. Evidently the Argentine at the Parco dei Principi still feels at home, because he seemed much more self-confident and more in control of the situation. The numbers of the evening tell us that Leo has touched a total of 102 balls, more than any other player in his debut match in the Champions League with Juventus. A sign that his teammates trust him and have already given him the keys to the median. Paredes knows how to defend the ball but also verticalize, he combines solidity with his ideas, his former PSG associates made his cleats feel immediately, making it clear that it would be a battle. The action of 2-1 was born from his short corner, finished by Kostic and headed by McKennie.

The Serbian winger was decisive with a brushed cross for the Texan’s tuft, who was forgiven for not having closed the game against Fiorentina. Crosses are the reason why Allegri wanted Kostic, a rookie in the Champions League but with a Europa League won last season with Eintracht Frankfurt. He started slowly, perhaps intimidated by the confrontation with the Parisian Martians, but in the second half he leveled up, closing the game with 6 crosses (no one between Juventus and PSG did more). A nice step forward compared to Florence, but the coach expects even more from him, because Vlahovic and now also Milik need his parables to find the goal with continuity.

As for Milik, perhaps he is the most underrated purchase of summer shopping, but also the one that took the least to enter: immediately scoring on the evening of his debut against Spezia, just a few minutes after his entry into the field, he made an encore against Fiorentina and sought the three of a kind in Europe. In Serie A he averages one goal every 54 minutes, better than Vlahovic (one every 88 ‘) and top scorer Arnautovic (one every 90’). Arek in Paris was the best for aerial duels won (2 out of 2) and shot on goal as much as Dusan (one each). It was the first time that the two had played together from the start and Milik confirmed that he can be a good sidekick for the Serbian, because it allows Vlahovic to waste less energy, staying more in the penalty area, while the Polish forward retreats to bring away the man and go get the ball. The strange couple could already be lined up on Sunday with Salernitana, a team that allows less space than PSG – Allegri warned – and against which it will be more difficult to play.

Without Di Maria, who again had trouble with the adductor after the first half with Fiorentina (Angel’s intention is to return only when he feels okay), Allegri could still focus on the double center forward. And also on Paredes and Kostic, to complete the trio of new musketeers.