From Rabiot to Hateboer. The disappointment of Juventus and Atalanta enlists five players in the Serie A flop team. There are several protagonists who did not meet expectations, even belonging to the two Roman and relegated ones. With a pattern of 3-4-1-2 here is the ‘flop 11’: Milinkovic-Savic, Djimsiti, Luiz Felipe, Maksimovic, Hateboer, Rabiot, Veretout, Alex Sandro, Sensi, Kean, Piatek.
– MILINKOVIC-SAVIC: a long apprenticeship, the starting shirt after Sirigu’s farewell, but this year the Serbian collapsed after a decent first round and Toro in goal fielded Berisha: Samp, Udinese, Juve, Cagliari and Atalanta the stages of a serious involution.
– DJIMSITI: bad season for the expert defender, in line with Atalanta’s braking. He achieves a double in the Europa League, but fails the matches with Cagliari, Fiorentina, Naples and Turin.
– LUIZ FELIPE: on a free transfer leaves Lazio after a season in chiaroscuro. With Sarri he never reached the performance he had with Inzaghi, with so many shortcomings. In particular bad with Cagliari, Bologna, Inter (expelled), Naples, Empoli and in the derby.
– MAKSIMOVIC: career in decline, confirmed by the year no at Genoa, even for a couple of serious injuries. He plays a few games, badly those with Cagliari, Verona, Salernitana and especially the last one, with Lazio. After that match Blessin no longer calls him.
– HATEBOER: an operation on his foot and then the covid have reduced the Dutchman’s season, however negative enough to be often replaced by Zappacosta. Disappointing with Fiorentina, Rome, Naples, Sassuolo and Verona, bad with Milan.
– RABIOT: he has played a lot but has not convinced much and his Juventus adventure, onerous contract permitting, seems to have come to an end. More than half of the games played were insufficient, in particular those with Empoli, Verona, Atalanta, Naples, Spezia and Bologna.
– VERETOUT: 3 goals in 2 games seemed to launch him with Mourinho, but the Frenchman has seen himself cornered and has never recovered, even if his balance of 4 goals and 6 assists is not despicable. From the failed penalty against Juve an inexorable decline with bad matches against the Milanese, Fiorentina and Venezia. He closes with dignity with the Taurus.
– ALEX SANDRO: goodbye after 7 years at Juve. This is the future of the Brazilian, discontinuous and disappointing, in particular with Empoli, Sassuolo Verona, Atalanta, Naples and Lazio.
– SENSES: closed at Inter, the sparkling debut in February at Sampdoria with a goal against Sassuolo seemed the background to a triumph, and instead the little midfielder failed, disappointing as a finisher with Milan, Atalanta, Juve, Bologna, Salernitana and Genoa.
– KEAN: indolent, opinionated, it looks like the bad copy of Balotelli. The talent fails to return to Juve, who will still have to pay 38 million to Everton. In the face of 5 goals and a super test against Cagliari, there have been about ten flops, in particular with Turin, Salernitana, Rome and Genoa.
– PIATEK: taken in January at Fiorentina to stop Vlahovic’s exit, he started well with 3 goals in 6 games, then he jammed and never recovered, ending up on the bench. He has disappointed with Bologna, Inter, Salernitana Udinese and Sampdoria.
Many other players who did not perform as expected. Among the goalkeepers, Reina, Meret and Radu; among the defenders, Acerbi, Caldara and Tonelli; among the low outsides, Vina, Dalbert; among the midfielders, Arthur, Strootman and Baselli; between the second points Bernardeschi and Boga; among the forwards, Shomurodov, Keita and Caicedo.
Source: Ansa
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