The Colombian Juan Guillermo CuadradoThe Juventus winger was again decisive on Sunday with a pass for Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo to open the 3-1 win in the Cagliari field and he has already made 15 winning passes this season: no one has provided more assists than Necoclí in Italy .
Cuadrado, 32, is one of the key elements to Juventus’ attacking dynamics. If Cristiano provides the goals – already thirty this season – the Colombian is the king of the assists. Without their presence on the field, Juventus have suffered a lot this year to create danger.
He missed the change of pace, dribbling skills and infectious intensity of Cuadrado, a real “ace” for his coaches in recent years. Let it be Massimiliano Allegri, who fielded him as high-end in a 4-2-3-1 or as a winger in a 3-5-2, Maurizio Sarri, who fielded him as a right back, improving remarkably. his defensive skills, or Andrea Pirlo, who has already used him in this course as “any camper”, as right back, left or high end on either band, Cuadrado is still essential for Juventus.
Last Sunday, Cristiano Ronaldo, with an excellent corner kick to the head of Cristiano, was the seventh assist of his Serie A season, to which was added an assist offered in the Italian Super Cup won against Naples in January, one in the Italian Cup and another six in the Champions League.
Juventus’ European pad crashed against Porto in the European Cup in the round of 16, in a match in which Cuadrado provided a great assist to Federico Chiesa’s temporary 2-1, surpassing 30 hanging centers. He’s already adding more than double the assists on offer from last year, adding seven. Two years ago he got there three and three seasons ago he stayed nine.
Obviously, the Colombian is still looking for his first goal of the season after scoring at least one in the past five seasons. His goal record dates back to the 2013-2014 season, when he scored eleven with Fiorentina’s shirt. In addition to his stellar performance on the field, Cuadrado is also the leader in the Juventine dressing room and did not hesitate to show his face last Tuesday to comment on the European elimination.
“This is football, we have to raise our heads, we are professionals, we are a great team and even great teams have these things,” the Colombian said clearly and objectively at the time despite the tremendous effort he put in for 120 minutes. His Juventus, already Super Cup champion and Italian Cup finalist, will now fight to the end for the league title, although it is currently third and ten points apart from leader Inter Milan.
In his career, Cuadrado has won five Serie A titles, three Italian cups and two Italian Supercups with Juventus. He was also a Premier League champion, winning an English League Cup with Chelsea.
EFE