The penalty from viahovic was a nice one.
He shot in the middle of the goal, there was nothing special about it. Had the keeper not moved, he would have shot straight at him.
I was pleasantly surprised with Bremer last night. I already remember him as a physically-gifted defender from last season the way he manhandled Vlahovic in both matches against Torino that made the coach substitute Dusan because he couldn't do anything. But in Juventus, Bremer plays in a slightly different role. He is positioned on the left side in the defense, whereas he used to play in the right central back role in Torino. He was massive in aerial duels and recorded a few blocked shots as well.
Alex Sandro played a great game. I hope the arrival of Kostic makes him man up and continue in the same way. I don't like seeing Cuadrado on the left, but he had to make room for Di Maria who attacks from the right side.
There were still a few negatives last night. Juventus can't keep possession and were made to defend for big parts of the match. The Locatelli-Zakaria pairing was bad. Especially Loca gave the ball away far too easily. Di Maria got injured and was immediately substituted to be allowed to rest after about 70 mins. Hopefully he won't be sidelined.
As they have had quite some changes I guess it will take a little time for them to sort things out and harmonize better on the pitch.
Di Maria will be out for a while due to a muscular injury. Might open an opportunity for Cuadrado to switch sides. I assume if that works out well it might not even be easy for Di Maria to return once he cured his injury.
Vlahovic now had a good start. He is certainly a strong offender and perhaps kind of the missing puzzle piece compared to last season. I know he already played for Juventus, but maybe he is able to also step up his game and also benefits from the wing players even more. I am not sure yet though what to think of the role Juventus could be playing in the Champions League. It still feels they are a good bit behind compared to City or Bayern at this stage. I might be wrong though.
I do however think that their game might highly concentrate on Vlahovic scoring goals. A little bit similar to Lewandowski and Bayern, implying that Vlahovic definitely needs to stay healthy in order for Juventus to remain competitive in the decisive games.