Leonardo Bonucci sincerely about the cooperation with Cristiano Ronald and about the transfer to the Premier League – ŠPORT.sk

She is defending last season’s title when, under the leadership of German strategist Thomas Tuchel, she dominated the millionaire competition thanks to a close final win over Manchester City (1: 0).

After a literally disastrous start to the new Serie A season, winning over “The Blues” is a very pleasant and at the same time much-needed boost for Massimiliano Allegri’s team. But it was impossible not to notice that one of the most important players in the duel was again the long-standing constant of the defensive lines of the “old lady” Leonardo Bonucci.

He is extremely valued on the field not only for his defensive interventions, but also for handing out instructions to his teammates. Thus, he often acts on the lawn in the role of an extended hand of his coach. Logically, the question arises as to whether the 34-year-old native of the ancient city of Viterbo will not move to the career of a football manager after the end of his active career.

“Of course,” Leonardo Bonucci laughed, “Even though my wife is against it and she would rather be to spend more time at home. However, I would still like to at least try my coaching work. But at the moment, I’m focusing on the present and I’m not thinking about the future yet. “

In any case, he has excellent preconditions for Leonardo Bonucci to become a successful coach.

PRIZES FOR THE BEST DEFENDERS ARE RISK RISK

“It is said that defense wins titles and it’s really true.” said for The Athletic Leonardo Bonucci. Moreover, this statement is doubly valid in the Apennine Peninsula. The Italians are known for their elaborate defense, which is the basis of their game. For example, Juventus, led by Maurizio Sarri, became the first team to win Serie A in more than 15 years in the 2019/20 season, but at the same time could not be proud of the league’s best defense.

Football success in the country of the reigning European champions is simply inextricably linked to attentive defense. “Defenders like me are more happy when, for example, they can stop the ball in front of the goal line or stab it with the opponent than when they score a goal themselves.” adds Captain Juventus.

The fact remains, however, that fans are much less interested in trackers than, for example, in the case of point attackers. After all, this has been the case since time immemorial. The spectators want to see the goals and the defenders rarely shoot them.

But it is interesting to ask why the Golden Ball was last awarded to the tracker in 2006, when it was won by the legendary Italian Fabio Cannavaro? He provided his point of view for The Athletic Leonardo Bonucci: “They are the gunners and the most talented midfielders who sell out football stadiums and make the most obvious differences in important matches. The difference made by a cold-blooded shooter or a traditional ten is much easier to see in a particular match than the one made by a defender.

For us Italians, Fabio Cannavaro is an icon and it was really deserved when he got the Golden Ball just after he won the World Cup in Germany (2006) together with the whole ‘Squadra Azzura’.

On the other hand, Gigi Buffon, who was undoubtedly the world’s number one goalkeeper during the summer, also deserved the Golden Ball for that year. Simply winning this most prestigious individual football trophy is not easy for defenders at all. But the last time Virgil Van Dijk got really close was two years ago (But in the end he finished second behind Lionel Messi, editor’s note). ”

However, Leonardo Bonucci also points out that in recent years, the price of the best trackers has also begun to rise sharply. Harry Maguire, Matthijs de Ligt, Virgil Van Dijk and Lucas Hernandez all transferred for more than 80 million euros.

This suggests that the importance of defensive shields is becoming more and more aware of the owners of individual clubs, who are willing to pay considerable money for the best of the best. However, these values ​​are still nowhere near the record amount that Parisians paid in the summer of 2017 for the star Brazilian winger Neymar (222 million euros).

SOME THOUGHT THAT RONALDO WOULD WIN ITSELF

Manchester City tried several times during the Pep Guardiol era to get Leonard Bonucci into his team. For football fans, this is certainly not a surprise, as everyone is well aware of the great peace and rich experience that the long-standing pillar of the Italian national team’s defense could have brought to the “Citizens” booth. However, not once did the negotiations reach a successful conclusion.

“My dream has always been to play once under Pep. I was closest to the transfer in 2016. There was not much missing and I could be a new City player. The last details were discussed when Juventus decided to withdraw from the contract. I finally stayed in Turin. I talked to Pep again last year. He still wanted me on his team, but I told him, ‘Juventus is my home. I’m happy here. I feel at home here. ‘

Among other things, I wanted to repair my reputation with the fans of the ‘old lady’ after I went to AC Milan for one season. Becoming a symbol of Juventus again is the best thing that could happen to me at the moment in my career, ” admits for The Athletic Leonardo Bonucci.

He also commented on the margin of Cristiano Ronald’s arrival in Juventus in the summer of 2018. Leonardo Bonucci himself admits that after the arrival of the famous Portuguese, many players of the “old lady” began to think that it would go all by itself. An experienced 34-year-old tracker explains that it doesn’t work that easily. One player alone, even if he is the best footballer in the world, cannot win matches.

“Cristiano needed a team, just as we needed him. In such situations, mutual support must always work, because it is the team that moves the individual higher, even if it is, for example, the best player on the planet, “ closes Leonardo Bonucci.

And what next? Leonardo Bonucci will believe that he will continue to avoid injuries for the rest of the year and that his team, under the leadership of old-new coach Massimiliano Allegri, will once again bring fans real football joy.

Juventus is currently experiencing one of the worst entries in the season in club history and it is really long. At the moment, the “old lady” occupies up to the 10th place in the Serie A table and after the first six rounds she already has an abysmal 10-point loss to the first Naples.