JUVENTUS v AC MILAN: OPPONENT REVIEW

The primary true crash-test was handed with flying colors: AC Milan beat Napoli at San Siro in a sport of two totally different halves, vertical and incisive within the first after which tenting in defence within the second as a consequence of being a person down. Two faces of the identical AC Milan, able to entertaining after which struggling with a purpose to save the end result. With the worldwide break on the horizon, Massimiliano Allegri’s facet is awaiting one other massive conflict. Igor Tudor’s Juventus facet awaits us for Serie A matchday 6, a match to kick off our October.

The 2 sides come into the conflict with only one level separating them within the league, in our favour: AC Milan on 12 factors with Juventus on 11. After a scintillating begin, three wins from three together with a 4-3 win over Inter, the Bianconeri have stalled of their final two video games: two 1-1 attracts in opposition to Hellas Verona and Atalanta. Moreover, they drew within the Champions League (4-4 in opposition to Borussia Dortmund and 2-2 in opposition to Villarreal).

JUVENTUS DIFFICULT TO BEAT Juventus are unbeaten following the beginning of the season, three wins and 4 attracts in seven outings, proving to be a really troublesome group to beat. Within the 2024/25 season, with Thiago Motta within the dugout, earlier than Tudor’s arrival on the finish of March, their first defeat of the season got here in late October after eleven matches, the primary in Serie A was on matchday 22 in opposition to Napoli (25 January). Not all the time shining, not all the time environment friendly, most likely nonetheless seek for their very own recognisable identification, however all the time able to combat and by no means wanting to surrender. As acknowledged, the pattern being confirmed this season, is that the Bianconeri have discovered an attacking fluidity that appeared to be missing final season.

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The Bianconeri rating plenty of targets, and so they’ve carried out so in each match thus far: 15 targets in seven matches, greater than two on common, with probably the most coming in latest weeks within the matches in opposition to Inter and Borussia Dortmund. They have an inclination to attain late in video games: seven targets this season have been scored between the 76th and ninetieth minute. Vlahović has rediscovered his scoring kind (4 targets this season), which has come alongside an overhaul of the attacking division with the arrivals of Jonathan David, Loïs Openda and Eden Zhegrova. The defenders have additionally contributed: Kelly (two targets), Gatti and Cabal have discovered themselves on the scoresheet. On the similar time, nevertheless, the Bianocneri have conceded extra targets than anticipated on this month and a half: eleven in 15 matches (5 in Serie A, six in UCL).

YILDIZ, CONCEIÇÃO AND ZHEGROVA: THE GAME-CHANGERS The three-4-2-1 formation adopted, till now, by Tudor, with the one exception being the 3-5-1-1 within the match in opposition to Inter, depends quite a bit on the power of the playmakers. The three gamers cited within the title have the skills to alter any sport. The Turkish worldwide does not appear to really feel the burden of the Quantity 10 shirt, and has begun this season very properly, scoring within the Champions League and Serie A. His impression is evident, however the Bianconeri’s attacking successes are additionally all the way down to Conceição’s contributions, due to targets in opposition to Verona and Villarreal. His entry into the sport, at Estadio de la Cerámica within the Champions League, gave the Bianconeri the precise impetus to momentarily combat again from 1-0 to 1-2 within the match.

Juventus have loads of choices to name upon, to regulate their method over the course of 90 minutes. One instance is Eden Zhegrova, rested in opposition to Villarreal (as had been Bremer, Di Gregorio, and Thuram), who’s regaining prime kind and has all the time come off the bench thus far, proving he has the precise instruments to unlock tight matches. To not neglect two different necessary gamers: Loïs Openda, able to taking part in each as a ahead but additionally in a supporting position, and Vasilije Adžić, decisive off the bench scoring the successful aim within the 4–3 in opposition to Inter. Up entrance, the rotation between the ever-dangerous David and Vlahović offers one other intriguing take a look at.

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