Juventus beat Chivas in first friendly, Allegri praises Pogba

Juventus started their pre-season campaign in the United States with a win as Massimo Allegri’s side beat Chivas Guadalajara 2-0 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas in a friendly played in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Despite the game being played at a seasonally slow pace, the Vecchia signora was able to satisfy in between, with Allegri even using 22 players, 11 every 45 minutes.

Pogba and Di Maria were in the starting XI and Bremer came on in the 46th minute while the young Gatti made a very good impression by positioning himself in the center of defense and scoring the first goal.

The 1-0 for Torino was scored in the 10th minute with Da Graca and the final 2-0 was made in the 80′ by Compagnon, with the Italian team now preparing for the two very strong friendlies that will last until the end of the game follow month, against Barcelona (27/7) and Real (31/7).

The composition of Juventus in the friendly against Chivas: Cesni (46′ Perin), Cuadrado (46′ Barbieri), Danilo (46′ Rugani), Gatti (46′ Bremer), Sandro (46′ Pellegrini), Pogba (46′ Zacharia), Locatelli (46′ Rovella), Fazoli (46′ Ake), Di Maria (46′ Sule), Ken (46′ Koudrig), Da Graca (46′ Compagnon)

“It was a good test, the team worked a lot in Turin these days and the results show it. Pogba played a good game, there are several parameters he will work on, but he will be one of the symbols of the team .

I’m happy with both the young players and the newcomers.” emphasized among others Massimo Allegri on the friendly game against the Mexicans.