Juve, Rabiot best scorer of the season: reached Vlahovic with 11 goals

Between cross and delight, closing the evening with qualification for the semi-final of the Europa League helps to choose to see the full part of the glass. Very full. The goal with which Adrien Rabiot directed the second leg after nine minutes for Sporting is his first of the season in this competition, the third in Europe this year including the Champions League. And above all the eleventh in the season, including eight in the league: by far his most prolific season in his career. And despite the doubts about his post-World Cup, six of these eleven goals blossomed after the adventure in Qatar which reached the final.

The comparison with Dusan

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Yes, then the match in Lisbon was reopened by the penalty foul by the “Duke”, but all’s well that ends well. “He has the qualities but he can still improve, sometimes he gets close to the area and doesn’t shoot – said Allegri speaking of the Frenchman into Sky’s microphone -. He has to improve but he did it in dribbling and he has become important, extraordinary”. Rabiot adds: “I’m happy, today we played with our hearts. We suffered until the end but we’re here, we could have done better, we wanted to win and we did it. The goal remains to go to the final and win, pass step by step. Now what about Sevilla? We have to prepare well, play like this with heart and head, and then we’ll see.” And on the CONI sentence: “We were serene, obviously we are happy because we did not give up. We will continue to work to stay on the podium, but today is good news for us”.

The comparison with Dusan

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So in the end it is in midfield that Allegri has found that striker who is missing up front. With this achievement, Rabiot became Juve’s top scorer of the season, reaching Dusan Vlahovic with 11 points. Who hasn’t scored in more than a month, since the return with Freiburg on 16 March, his only game to score in the fourteen games played in the last two months. No, the Serbian didn’t do well in Lisbon either, not only because of the wrong opportunities, but certainly that couple of tempting opportunities devoured (in particular that very strong cross from Cuadrado which is difficult to deflect) remain in the eye. The next opportunities to unlock are prestigious, Sunday with leaders Napoli or next Wednesday in the return semi-final of the Coppa Italia with Inter.