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Juventus goalkeeper Michele Di Gregorio pulled off a surprising show towards Manchester Metropolis, and his heroics embody denying Erling Haaland from shut vary.
The Bianconeri escaped with a well-deserved 2-0 victory over the Premier League champions which noticed them climb to 14th place. Dusan Vlahovic opened the scoring with a header that went simply over the road as confirmed by the match official’s gadget. Weston McKennie and Timothy Weah then mixed to attain the second objective simply minutes following their introductions.
Nevertheless, this consequence would have been implausible if it wasn’t for Di Gregorio’s exploits which instantly went viral.
Whereas Federico Gatti and Pierre Kalulu had a rare evening, they did enable Haaland to evade them on one event within the first half. Kevin De Bruyne’s delicate by ball put the Norwegian big one-on-one with Di Gregorio. However regardless of discovering himself in entrance of arguably probably the most terrifying striker on this planet, the Juventus goalkeeper didn’t flinch.
The previous Monza man produced a response save to disclaim the chip, however he supplied little clarification on how he managed to drag it off.
“I don’t know the place it (the save) got here from on Haaland however tonight we must always rejoice the entire group for his or her perspective, need and willpower that led to an amazing victory,” mentioned Di Gregorio in his post-match interview with Prime Soccer by way of IlBianconero.
“The perspective seen and the will to battle seen this night have to be a place to begin.”
The Italy worldwide additionally heaped reward on his Juventus backups Mattia Perin and Carlo Pinsoglio.
“We prepare nicely, with Mattia and Pinso who’re two nice goalkeepers. We all the time push one another to our limits. We all the time assist the group each on and off the pitch.”
Di Gregorio joined Juventus final summer season on €20-million deal from Monza after making a reputation for himself in Serie A over the previous two campaigns.
