The 2019-2020 season is arguably the longest and most eventful in football history, but for Paulo Dybala it will never be a year of ups and downs.
Juventus entered the crusade after 8 consecutive Serie A titles, adding five consecutive appearances and a pair of UEFA Champions League finals (2014-15 and 2016-17) with Massimiliano Allegri. Now, with Maurizio Sarri at the helm, juve won its ninth in a row. Scudetto, it wasn’t easy.
Dybala, his star striker, fought COVID-19 for nearly two months, positive on four occasions. Despite the off-field impediment and an injury that ended the season against Sampdoria on July 26, Dybala named Serie A Most Valuable Player with 11 goals and six assists.
“It was a very, very long year for everyone, not just in football,” Dybala said through a translator. “It was a particularly difficult year from the market of the last play (rumors) and then we had a new coach in power. Then COVID arrived when the season started again, it was difficult for everyone, especially me, because I had to come back from COVID.
While Dybala and Juventus were thriving in Serie A — the Bianconeri won the crown in two matches of the final, although it all completed one point ahead of Inter–, Juventus suffered a wonderful elimination against Lyon in the 16th round of the Champions League. Dybala attempted jouer. sa injured, recording only thirteen minutes in the round-trip match when Juve was eliminated on the basis of the away purpose rule, prompting Sarri’s departure.
From there, Juve summoned former midfielder Andrea Pirlo to take the reins on August 8, who had no experience in training. the first team nine days later.
“As you can imagine, everyone knows Pirlo as a player, a wonderful player, one of the most productive players I’ve ever seen on the court,” Dybala said. “Unfortunately, when I arrived at Juventus (in 2015), it wasn’t there, so we might not play together, and I figured I could play with him in my career. But now Pirlo and I are on the same field, but he as coach and I as a player.
“Pirlo and his team are very motivated, other people who need to win. In our team, there are many players who have met Pirlo in the past, and that’s very important, but at the same time we have to give him time. “to accurately perceive what kind of coach he is. We don’t need to make any comparisons with other apprentices, because it’s not important. The concept is that we have to paint in combination to perceive how he plays and we need to win in combination. .
Pirlo is as tall as his 26-year-old Argentine forward, telling reporters in late August: “Paulo Dybala is a player and he will be part of the project. “
The new manager is already ahead in the club’s first match of the season against Sampdoria on 20 September: Juve traded Miralem Pjanic for Arthur with FC Barcelona, Borussia Dortmund turned Emre Can’s transfer into an indefinite contract and Juve let Blaise Matuidi and Gonzalo Higuaín move to Inter Miami FC of Major League Soccer.
Juventus have hired 22-year-old American midfielder Weston McKennie on loan for a year from FC Schalke, making McKennie the first American player to play for Juve and fifth to play in Serie A.
“We will help you a lot as a team and me as an individual to be in a position as soon as you can imagine for this new football,” Dybala said. “It is very vital to be the first American to play for Juventus. Italian football is very physical, very positional and is a player who knows how to be on the field, recovers many balls and gets used very temporarily to the championship.
“This is very much for the United States because it opens a wonderful door for more players to come. Visibility will be higher and higher. It’s very much for football. “
While Dybala aims to reflect his 2019-20 non-public good fortune in the hope of guiding Juventus to a tenth consecutive Scudetto (and a greater fortune in the Champions League), the Argentine is still busy off the field, in partnership with a King Children eyewear generation platform in the limited edition PD10 collection.
Each pair of sunglasses is manufactured with its 0-waste production technology, which means there is no waste in the chain of origin or excess inventory.
“This component was for me and very vital,” Dybala said. “Messages are very vital to the environment and we can share them with the younger generation. . . They are very charming and stylish because all my teammates wonder what kind of glasses they are. For me, it was a very smart fun and I’m very proud to be a part of this project. “
And Pirlo is very happy that Dybala is an integral part of his mission at Juventus while the World Cup winner tries to revitalize La Vecchia Signora (“The Old Lady”).
“I need to regain enthusiasm for proactive football and mastery of the game,” Pirlo said. “I said two things to the boys: “You’ll have to have the ball “and ” When you lose it, you have to get it. “step back quickly. ” . . . We’ll have to be willing to make sacrifices. When there is a goal, we will have to strive to achieve it together. “
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