Juventus defeated by Parma: Pellegrino decisive at Tardini

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(3-5-2): Suzuki 6,5; Leoni 6,5, Vogliacco sv (11' pt Hainaut 6,5), Valenti 7; Delprato 6,5, Bernabé sv (11' pt Estevez 6, 1' st Hernani jr. 6), Keita 6, Sohm 6, Valeri 6; Pellegrino 7 (29' st Man sv), Bonny 6 (40' st Almqvist sv). All. Chivu 7.

JUVENTUS (3-4-2-1): Di Gregorio 6; Kalulu 6,5, Veiga 6, Kelly 5 (40' st Alberto Costa); McKennie 5 (12' st Yildiz 6), K. Thuram 6, Locatelli 6,5 (40' st Douglas Luiz sv), Cambiaso 5; Gonzalez 5 (40' st Weah sv), Kolo Muani 5,5; Vlahovic 5 (1' st Conceição 6). All. Tudor 5.

Referee: Chiffi from Padova 5,5.

Network: 46' pt Pellegrino.

Notes: Sohm, Hernani jr., Gonzalez, Locatelli, Yildiz booked. Recovery time: 3' in the first half, 5' in the second half. Corners: 4-9.

The striker who makes the most of what little he has, the one who knows how to use his physique, the decisive one, is Parma, not Juventus: his name is Mateo Pellegrino, Argentine, born in 2001, the hero of yesterday evening at the Tardini, where the Emilians forced the Bianconeri to their first defeat of the Tudor era, a defeat that weighs heavily in the standings - Juventus is now fifth, outside the top four but still in the middle of the fray - but which, above all, affects the evaluation of a team about which nothing else can be said other than that it has taken a clear step backwards compared to the last few games.

Even if, to tell the truth, some of the defects are the same as those seen previously. Pellegrino took the cover, it would be reductive to represent yesterday's match only with the episode of the goal (in the first half's injury time: escape on the left, perfect cross from Valenti and, in the center of the area, here is the Argentine using his centimeters annihilating Kelly and showing off all his power), because Chivu played the match with a handicap, losing both Vogliacco in defense and Bernabé in directing shortly after the tenth minute. But he found in the enthusiasm and will of his players enough to block a Juventus with zero unpredictability, at least in the first half, and with an attack in which Vlahovic and Kolo Muani stepped on each other's toes a bit, they didn't understand each other a lot, in any case they didn't show any effectiveness, while Gonzalez seemed to be back to the one from the days of Thiago Motta, willing and disoriented and, in fact, useless to the cause.

Juventus lacked what had been, up until now, Tudor's trademark, that is, the initial fury, a high-intensity boarding that was not seen in Parma, with the exception of a dangerous conclusion by Locatelli just a handful of seconds later, destined to remain the only chance for the Bianconeri for a long time. Having gained the lead, certainly quite episodic, but the result of a high-level action in terms of choices, finishing and finalization, Chivu's team prepared for a painful second half, because what Juventus did not do in the first half they tried to do in the second half, when Tudor left Vlahovic in the locker room, brought on Conceição and Yildiz and, despite risking a counterattack, exalted Parma's defensive fury: more than chances, a sea of ​​conclusions - only two on target - and balls thrown in the middle, where there was always a foot, a leg, a head or Suzuki in a high grip to block, in an unassailable Stalingrad. But at the Tardini, where with Chivu on the bench Bologna fell and Inter failed to win, Juventus would have really needed much more.