An unconvincing start from De Ligt

Turin - Matthijs De Ligt made his inconclusive debut with Juventus. He performed poorly and the Bianconeri had to concede three goals against Napoli.

De Ligt made his Serie A debut with Juventus against Napoli at the Allianz Stadium in Coir (31/08/2019). In this match, the defender, with 85.5 million euros, replaces the injured Giorgio Chiellini.

At first, the match went pretty well for De Ligt after the hosts managed to lead 3-0 until the 65th minute. But after that, the poor performance of the 20-year-old defender began to unfold.

De Ligt seems to be having difficulty reading the movements of the players on the Napoli front line. Parteinopei took the opportunity to score three goals in return.

All the visitors' goals could not be separated from the mistakes of the Dutch coach to keep the Napoli players. Fortunately, Juventus won 4-3 after Kalidou Koulibaly scored against his team at the last minute.

Statistically, De Ligt also does not look special. From Opta data, De Ligt throughout the game did minimal defensive action. He won the duel only twice, once overcome and shot five times.


Juventus assistant coach Giovanni Martusciello acknowledged that De Ligt did not play optimally during the match. However, he tolerated it because the Leiderdrop-born defender was still adapting to the old woman's model.

"De Ligt is still a bit behind in studying the movements of players and is part of our defense," Martusciello said in Italian football.

"He has just had a difficult competition, like Serie A, in a very different team, but in reality he has great qualities, he is very smart and will learn quickly, he also has very good experience, so he can achieve goals this. "

"We hope he will have more time to make us understand our game patterns correctly, but unfortunately Giorgio Chiellini has suffered a serious injury and changed his plans," he said.

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