Juve-Maccabi Haifa, Di Maria and record assists: “Better than scoring”

Angel turned on the light: Rabiot’s brace made headlines but Di Maria’s three assists behind each of Juve’s goals, and at least two or three others that remained in the feet of his teammates, give a completely different air to the team. Allegri: “On a personal level I’m happy but it doesn’t make a difference, the important thing is to have helped the team to win. Thanks also to the mentality that led us to the second game in a row with three goals scored and that we were missing – he said to Sky at the end of the game the Argentine, showing an offensive mentality that Juve is often said to lack -. Victory is the most important thing for the teamwork behind it and for how we fought to change the result. ”

Happiness

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Since he has been in the Champions League, now fifteen seasons, no one has given more assists than the 35 packaged by Angel Di Maria, on a par with national team mate Messi. But the three baked against Maccabi Haifa are an extraordinary event for him too: he had only succeeded once in 2019 against Bruge, according to the Opta surveys, which in the 20 seasons since recording the data has never seen any other Juventus succeed. . Certainly since then no one has ever succeeded at the venerable age of Fideo, 34 years and 233 days. “I try to do my job, and giving assists is what makes me happy – explains the Argentine -: I have always said that for me it is more important than scoring, it gives me pleasure to be able to serve my teammates and make them happy. Today we have created many opportunities, we must work to be able to score more, create more opportunities and finalize the ones we create. ”

Disqualification

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Against Maccabi Haifa in the final it was a less simple match than the 3-1 final. “We knew it, it’s a team that had played a great game with PSG and in the first half with Benfica, they have very important players. In the return we will have to be careful of their counterattack.” Fideo will arrive fresh, because on Saturday in the championship he will still be in the pits due to disqualification: “I’m very sorry, but I deserved it for the mistake made – he returns to the expulsion against Monza -. I am very sorry for what happened , it was a lack of respect towards the club, my team-mates and myself. But they are mistakes, I am human and sometimes these things happen, they don’t have to repeat themselves. But I hope the team plays at their best against Milan. ”