Nicolo Fagioli and Gleison Bremer scored for Juventus in the second half of their Serie A match on Sunday against Cremonese, which resulted in a 2-0 victory for Juventus. However, the victory was marred by the fact that midfielder Paul Pogba suffered another injury during the match.
Pogba, who moved back to Juventus last summer but has battled injuries ever since, got off to a strong start in this game despite the fact that it was the first time he had started a game since April of last year, when he was with Manchester United and played at Liverpool.
The Frenchman, however, was only able to play for a little over 20 minutes when he sustained another injury and was forced to leave the field in tears. He was then replaced by Arkadiusz Milik, who immediately headed down the tunnel.
“I needed him as an added striker,” Coach Massimiliano Allegri stated about the player. “In these kinds of predicaments, you can only cross your fingers and pray that nothing bad occurs. It was either now or never for me to give it a shot (and get him going).
Without him, we had a hard time filling vacancies, and we’re all very unhappy about that. He was also performing quite well. Now that he has experienced pain, he will undoubtedly be required to take another break.
According to the Italian media, the midfielder, who also played his first Serie A game since May 2016, suffered from a muscular ailment. He also started the game.
Second-placed In the race to finish in the top four and earn a position in the Champions League, Juventus has moved eight points ahead of fifth-placed AC Milan. On Thursday, Juventus will travel to Sevilla for the second leg of their Europa League semi-final match with the score tied at 1-1.
In preparation for the Europa League match, Allegri made several changes to his starting lineup. Wojciech Szczesny was replaced in goal by Mattia Perin, and Alex Sandro, Fabio Miretti, Manuel Locatelli, Filip Kostic, and Angel Di Maria all started on the bench.
Bremer and Milik both got two attempts on goal during the first half, but goalkeeper Marco Carnesecchi was able to save both of them. Despite this, Juventus was able to have a great deal of control over their weak opponents from the beginning of the match.
After the halftime break, the Cremonese goalkeeper was put under further pressure, but he was unable to save an incredible strike from Fagioli in the 55th minute. Fagioli took a cross from Federico Chiesa and blasted the ball into the top corner of the net.
Carnesecchi entered the game having already recorded 80 saves in 2023, making him the goalkeeper with the most stops in the major five European leagues.
In the 74th minute, Milik had a shot that appeared to have beaten the veteran goalkeeper, but the official judged that his shot was disallowed due to offside.
However, Bremer scored the game-winning header from close range five minutes later, becoming Juventus the first side in the history of Serie A to accumulate more than 4,800 points.