Juan Cabal was worst on the pitch in Lille-Juventus 1-1. In the constant one-on-one with Zhegrova the former Hellas Verona full-back always had the worst of it with Motta who after the hour mark, and especially after a yellow card received by the Colombian winger, was forced to call him back to the bench. “He leaves the field with a headache. Thiago Motta assigns him the most complicated task, which is to limit Zhegrova, and he practically never succeeds. The Kosovar talent is in very good form and in the second half forces him into a yellow foul which imposes on Motta the ‘immediate replacement’, the opinion of ‘TuttoMercatoWeb.com’.
This is the analysis of the ‘Gazzetta dello Sport’: “An evening to forget. Zhegrova’s speed suffers and in fact Lille’s advantage was born from an error on his part. Clumsy, insecure and booked”. “Zeghrova always keeps him on the alert, he goes into trouble: he burns him by starting the goal and forces him to get a yellow card. Bad evening”, adds the ‘Corriere dello Sport’.
Thus ‘TuttoSport’ on newsstands this morning: “He deals with Zhegrova, a mastiff on the wing, and often suffers, so much so that he even gets a warning. The initial mistake in the French lead is his: he fails to stop the winger Kosovar who then triggers David”.
Juan Cabal’s report cards
TMW – 4.5
Gazzetta dello Sport – 4.5
Corriere dello Sport – 4.5
TuttoSport – 5.5
Corriere della Sera – 5
The Republic – 4.5