Whereas making ready to battle it out with Villarreal within the Champions League, Juventus followers are left to wonder if the very best model of Kenan Yildiz will present up on the massive stage as soon as extra.
Simply two years faraway from his senior debut, the 20-year-old has already established himself because the membership’s most influential star. Even his idol Alessandro Del Piero has recognized him and Khephren Thuram as the 2 ‘essential’ gamers within the squad.
This season, the Turkish worldwide has already contributed with two objectives (each astonishing efforts) and 4 assists, thus justifying his aforementioned standing.
However whereas Yildiz could be probably the most technically gifted gamers on this planet, it’d show difficult for him to carry out on the highest stage twice per week.
Is the shortage of relaxation taking its toll on Kenan Yildiz?
As La Gazzetta dello Sport (by way of TuttoJuve) notes, the younger star has been a starter in all of Juve’s six aggressive matches so far this season.
Furthermore, Igor Tudor has hardly granted him any relaxation, fielding him for 99% of the general sport time. He was solely substituted twice, within the 87th minute in opposition to Parma and the 89th minute within the Champions League match in opposition to Borussia Dortmund.
This season, solely three Juventus gamers have performed extra minutes than Yildiz. These are Michele Di Gregorio, Lloyd Kelly and Pierre Kalulu.
Whereas defenders and goalkeepers are usually anticipated to final for the complete match, forwards are typically substituted sooner or later in the course of the second half, with the supervisor bringing in contemporary legs.
Nonetheless, Tudor merely can’t afford to relaxation Yildiz, neither from the beginning of the match, nor within the second interval.
Juventus will flip to Yildiz in opposition to Villarreal & Milan
Whereas the squad boasts a bunch of attacking choices, none of them is actually able to changing the Quantity 10’s imaginative and prescient and creativity.
Due to this fact, many observers felt that the Turk’s ranges dropped after the back-to-back wars in opposition to Inter and Borussia Dortmund. His show in opposition to Hellas Verona was manner under his excessive requirements, and even after a complete week of relaxation, he nonetheless didn’t carry out to his finest in opposition to Atalanta.
Yildiz can be anticipated to start out in opposition to Villarreal on Wednesday, in what may arguably be a must-win match for Juventus, and 4 days later, the Bianconeri will tackle Max Allegri’s Milan in a top-of-the-table Serie A conflict.
The teenager’s performances in these two clashes may reply among the questions raised above.
