He did not score the first goal in Serie A, but returned to Turin with three points and a love of the fans. Let's give due: #finoallafine - not just a slogan from a social network. The first match of the CR7 was special: full of both tension and applause. Cristiano was waited, greeted, hugged, and the stadium was deafeningly sick: it was rather a match between Juve - Chievo than Chievo - Juve. ("La Gazzetta dello Sport") Saturday night the eyes of the football world were chained to the stadium "Marc Antonio Bentegodi". Perhaps some of the viewers who turned their attention to Seria A this summer even remembered Emanuele Giaccherini, who shone in the national team of Antonio Conte. Today Giaccherini is the leader Chievo, an experienced and energetic krayek, who led the team and became the best player of the match against Juventus. Perhaps, he will even save the "flying donkeys" from falling. Chievo pleasantly surprised - increased attention was further motivated by the Veronese, and they almost spoiled Cristiano Ronaldo's debut.
The new star of Juventus received high marks, although Cristiano did not score and did not give assists. "Гадзетта" has put Ronaldo 6,5 - on полллалла below, than at Alex Sandro and has hammered in a victorious ball of Bernardeski. The same number put "Corriere dello Sport". Turin "Tuttosport" generous for 7. Whoscored is more loyal - 7.5 points, the best score in Juventus along with all the same Bernardeski (remember the specific rating scale on this portal).
Such assessments are a consequence of the activity of the Portuguese, which is traditionally aimed at completing the attack on its own. Ronaldo dealt eight hits, five of which fell in the shots of the gate - the closest pursuers, Dibala and Bernardeschi, just two hits on target. Twice the rookie was close to the goal, but the low shot in the first half almost did not have enough accuracy, and after the break the shot from the penalty (the brand stand at the takeoff is an obligatory bonus) reflected Sorrentino. Also, Cristiano has two key passes and four dribbling attempts, none of which has been successful.
Ronaldo did not participate in any of the goals, not counting the canceled. Cristiano ran into Sorrentino in a fight: the gray-haired goalkeeper Chievo so unsuccessfully crashed into the ferro-concrete KR7 that he broke his nose and was replaced (the decisive goal flew in at the gate of his backup, Sekulina). Then began the demonstration of new technologies in football. Manjukic threw the ball into the empty gate, Caccatore knocked him out, but already because of the line - thanks to Goal-line. Goal? No, because we have a VAR, which showed that before the junction the ball fell into Ronaldo's hand.
Tactics. There are a lot of questions. If in brief: problems from a new star are not less than bonuses.
Juventus came out with a 4-2-3-1 module. "Spaniard" was not Allegri's first choice last season, but was often used before. This scheme is sharpened on the ball control, with which Juve had no problems (74%), but the center of the field becomes less mobile than at 4-3-3. Ronaldo played in the center of the attack, where he was cramped - not for nothing in Real Madrid so trusted Karim Benzema, which distracted the attention of the defenders. Now these functions have fallen on the shoulders of Ronaldo, around which there were always two or three players in yellow T-shirts. In the course of the match even the thought arose that Juve would have been easier to break such a dense defense with Higuain - the classic center forward.
The solution to this problem can be the use of Mandzhukich. If the first half Ronaldo played as the center forward with a slight roll to the left, then after the break it became much more often to touch the ball on the left flank, which is confirmed by his "heat card". The thing is in the appearance of Mario, whose native position is the center of the attack. Playing together, they can confuse defenders, changing places. Manjukic, who is also very good in the fight for the ball, will be able to free space for Ronaldo, becoming the Juventi analogue of Benzema.
Dibala. While negative forecasts come true. Paulo became the worst player of Juventus (5 points from "Ghadzetta"), moving back to the second or third plan, although the alignment was, in general, imprisoned for him - at 4-3-3 he did not fit at all. The Argentinian was embarrassed to take the initiative, rarely exacerbated and looked like an inexperienced debutant, and not the most expensive league player in the version of Transfermarkt. This we have already seen in the team of Argentina, where Dibala was lost against the background of Messi. An obvious solution to this problem is not yet clear - Allegri will either have to sacrifice Dibala, or stubbornly play him, unconditionally trusting his ex-leader.
"We are still getting to know Ronaldo. Juventus players are trained in full force only seven days "- this is Massimiliano Allegri after the match. "Bianconeri" is traditionally damp at the beginning of the season, and the real Juve we will see only in the spring. In the meantime, Allegri has the opportunity and even the need to experiment, selecting the optimal combination to realize the grandiose potential of Ronaldo.