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DEFENCE
Andrea Barzagli has already announced that he will retire at the end of the season. The 37-year-old will depart as one of the best¨C and yet most underappreciated ¨C defenders of his generation. Indeed, how Juve must wish Barzagli were even five years younger.
Sadly, Daniele Rugani has not developed as Juve would have hoped and even though he recently signed a contract extension, he is nothing more than a useful reserve.
He is certainly not a defender to build a defence around, which is precisely why the Bianconeri were desperately trying to sign Matthijs de Ligt, who now seems set to join Barcelona, after, almost cruelly, showcasing his many talents in Turin on Tuesday.
Rugani and Leonardo Bonucci, meanwhile, had their deficiencies brutally exposed in the second half, with even Allegri conceding that they had only played well for 50 minutes. Cheap football jerseys After that, they were overrun, which only served to highlight Juve’s reliance on the 34-year-old Giorgio Chiellini.