07/26/2020 - 19:47
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Juventus beat Sampdoria 2-0 and won their ninth Serie A title in a row, but Gonzalo Higuaín did not enjoy too much the minutes before he became champion of Calcio again with Vecchia Signora .
He had to enter on the end of the first half due to the injury of Paulo Dybala and he did not get one: he wasted a great goal chance, got mad at Cristiano Ronaldo and did not even celebrate the goal of Bernardeschi, who liquidated the game and ensured the celebrations .
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL BERNARDDSCHI I HOPE YOU HAVE TAKEN OUT YOUR SALT AND YOU BEGIN TO IMPROVE, I HOPE IT IS A POINT OF CHANGE THIS GOL 💪🏻🖤pic.twitter.com / kZ9lK8oJDw
- JuventusEcuador 🇪🇨 (@Juventus_ECU) July 26, 2020At 15 'of the second half, Adrien Rabiot put together the play and, although he had Pipita free to his left, he decided to open it to the right for Cristiano Ronaldo. The Portuguese had no intention of putting a pass to the far post, took the shot, the Sampdoria goalkeeper responded well and Gonzalo ended up hugging the net with great anger.
Then, at 22 ', the second came and the former River striker returned to be the protagonist: he started the run from the middle of the field, played with Cristiano Ronaldo and the 7th, far from returning the wall , made him continue long and he tried the bow again. While the goalkeeper gave a short rebound and Bernardeschi sent her to save, the Argentine turned his back on the action, made a disapproving gesture and did not celebrate the conquest.
A few minutes from the end, Ronaldo was generous: he left the goal served on a plate to Pipita . But this time he did not define well and wasted an unbeatable chance. Beyond the smiles he showed after the final whistle and some hugs with Buffon, it could have been his last match in Serie A with Juve, who still has to play the second leg of the Champions League against Lyon.
Higuaín and his hug with Buffon in the celebrations of Juventus champion. AP
From Italy they assure that the Argentine would not have a place in Sarri's team in the next season and in fact there are already several candidates to take his place. Although Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli), Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal) and the Mexican Raúl Jiménez (Wolverhampton) sounded like those pointed by Vecchia Signora, a weighty name that would sting pointedly also appeared: according to Corriere Dello Sport, the great Target is Duván Zapata, from Atalanta.