Today’s edition of The Press makes a point about Douglas Luizwho against Genoa, in the half hour given to him by Thiago Motta, began to show his qualities. On Wednesday there will already be a Champions League match against the Bianconeri Leipzig and for everyday life the Brazilian midfielder’s time may have come.
For his part, we read, the player has had exemplary behavior: never an out-of-place comment, never a sigh towards choices that have almost never rewarded him so far. A choice, that of Thiago Motta, made for make the class of ’98 assimilate a new football with time and patience. Now, however, the apprenticeship is coming to an end and the growth is, in fact, completing. The Bianconeri are preparing the mission to Germany and Douglas could finally have his big chance, whether it be in midfield in place of McKennie, or in the attacking midfield in place of Locatelli.