E.League: Juve driven by Di Maria, Freiburg beaten The driving force behind Juventus in Europe is still Di Maria, this time not with the house specialty: after the hat-trick in Nantes, ‘Fideo’ knocks down Freiburg with a header as a true striker. Allegri returns to win an international match at the Stadium, the second out of five of the season after Maccabi Haifa, but he doesn’t yet mortgage qualification, because after the 1-0 draw, he will have to play it in Germany in a week’s time. The last hours before the match were characterized by the Pogba case: the Frenchman was excluded from the squad list for disciplinary reasons, guilty of being late for the team dinner in the usual pre-match retreat. “Out of respect for the group, I think it was right not to call him up and have him available again for Sunday”, thought Allegri; “There are rules to be respected especially by important players and it was right not to summon him as well as fine him”, the voice of the club represented by Francesco Calvo, head of the sports area. The coach recovers Alex Sandro and places him together with Danilo and Bremer, in attack the usual Di Maria-Vlahovic tandem with Chiesa still on the bench, in midfield the surprise Miretti preferred to Fagioli. Freiburg’s many hopes are pinned on the blue Grifo, in his first career match against Juve. Streich draws his team with two very blocked wingers, Kubler and Gunter, and the midfielder Eggestein-Hofler. Di Maria immediately sends the German defense into apprehension, Fideo makes a hole in the 13th minute for Rabiot and Flekken somehow manages to save himself with the ball crossing the entire goal line. Alex Sandro’s game lasted just 22′, then he raised the white flag and made way for Bonucci, while the bianconeri continued to try even on free-kicks with attempts by Cuadrado and Vlahovic controlled by the Dutch goalkeeper. From a corner, on the other hand, Flekken shows difficulty, going completely empty on Di Maria’s return, but Bremer doesn’t take advantage of it. As the minutes went by, Freiburg found more order on the pitch and managed to contain Juve well, with the first 45′ ending 0-0. Allegri begins the second half by removing Miretti for Fagioli, the canterano immediately shows up with a cut cross on which no teammate arrives. Vlahovic appears in great difficulty, the Stadium tries to shake him with the roar of “Dusan, Dusan”, the match unlocks immediately after: on Kostic’s cross, Di Maria gets rid of Gunter’s rough marking and with a header, not really the best of his repertoire, carries forward the bianconeri. Freiburg did not break down and even found the draw in the scrum with Holer, but the referee Sidiropoulos canceled after the review at the Var for a touch of the hand by Ginter. Vlahovic makes way for Chiesa and receives the comforting embrace of Allegri after a bad evening, Streich looks for offensive cues from Doan and Keitel to try to equalize. The bianconeri practically close in ten, with Chiesa remaining on the field despite a problem with his right knee (not the one operated on in January 2022, ed) which he leaves with bated breath. Even Di Maria ends the game exhausted after another European night as a driving force, Juve takes home the first round. ANSA.it Goals: in the st 8′ Di Maria. (ANSA) Conference: Fiorentina make many mistakes, but Barak takes care of it Fiorentina beat Sivasspor 1-0 and must postpone the qualification for the quarter-finals of the Conference League to the return match in Turkey. A game made and dominated by the Viola, who created many goals, some even incredible, but failed to materialize them. On the other hand, the Turks, who suffered the strength of the Italian team, after a first half spent purely in their own half, in the second half they also managed to get close to the lily goal. The Italian initially decided to field Fiorentina with the usual 4-3-3, while on the other side Calimbay decided to start Sivasspor with the same game system. Bonaventura and his companions start strong and, within a handful of minutes, come close to scoring several times: in the 11th minute, a through ball into Gonzalez’s area for the onrushing Jovic who, instead of looking for a dry and strong shot , try to surprise goalkeeper Vural with a lob: the goalkeeper senses the threat. Three minutes and Fiorentina are again very close to taking the lead: a tense cross from Gonzalez from the left for Castrovilli who, from inside the small area, performs in the ‘scorpion’, but his flying back-heel hits the crossbar of the goal Sivasspor. One minute and this time it is Bonaventura who finds himself face to face with Vural but, once again, he is chosen to pass the goalkeeper with a lob: the ball is deflected and, on the goal line, Murat Paluli anticipates Jovic. In the second half, the Turks became more enterprising and dangerous and, with Goutas on 20′, they came close to scoring, Fiorentina saved from the crossbar after the Turkish defender’s header. Barak comes on, 10′ goes by and he hits the mark: hit and hit in the Sivasspor defence, Jovic’s bicycle kick, the ball lands on Barak’s chest who, in a half bicycle kick, also finds a deflection from a visiting defender and the goal. Fiorentina keep pressing in search of the second goal, but with no luck. In the final, however, the Turks went close to equalizing with Charisis, but his central shot found the providential deflection, with Terracciano beaten, by Igor who sent the ball for a corner kick. In full recovery, Sivasspor remains in 10 for the expulsion of Max Alain Gradel, after a showy elbow in the face of Quarta. ANSA.it Networks: in st 24′ Barak (ANSA)
