Juve, Vlahovic driving force: “Now head to the derby”

If Dusan Vlahovic is this, you can be sure that the renewal dossier will remain red-hot until he puts his signature on a new contract, at Juventus or elsewhere. The goal against Sporting was in fact only the tip of the iceberg of the Champions League evening in a match that not even the numbers fully describe. In addition to the six shots on target, the six saves and the two saves he forced Rui Silva to make before scoring the 1-1, the number 9 was a technical and emotional driver.

hard-nosed

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“I’ve been telling you since the beginning of the year that he’s only thinking about Juve,” Giorgio Chiellini explained at the beginning of the match and the former captain’s words materialized shortly after on the Allianz Stadium lawn: with a more aggressive and faster team in their play, he found himself less alone and, in exchange, he thanked his teammates for their support by communicating very well with them and fighting on all pitch. He played hard-nosed Portuguese defence, but he stayed in the game until he scored the equaliser. And when Luciano Spalletti called him back to the bench, it happened because he asked for it: “I felt a little pain in my flexor and I asked for a substitution – explains Dusan at the end of the match -, I don’t know if the coach would have left me on the pitch. I would have liked to finish the match. During the preparation I played little, so I still need a little something to have the 90 minutes in my legs”. His condition doesn’t seem to worry Luciano Spalletti, in any case.

field and renewal

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“My numbers in the Champions League make me happy – Vlahovic’s words -, but we are not happy with the result. We played a tough match and played better than them, but we missed the second goal and we have to do more. We hope to continue like this, but by winning”. On the move to the playoffs, Dusan rejects projections and algorithms: “We don’t do calculations, we try to win all the next four games.” Finally, the Matrix-style dodge on renewal issues: “I’m focused on the present and now the only thing on my mind is the derby on Saturday.” Speech postponed, despite the signal from Chiellini, who had opened in the pre-match: “The door is not closed in any sense, on both sides there is a desire to sit down. There will be time.”