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Juventus teenager Kenan Yildiz paid homage to his idol Alessandro Del Piero throughout and after the Derby della Mole towards Torino.
The Bianconeri took the lead within the first half via a Timothy Weah tap-in, however the Turkish teenager appeared hellbent on getting on the scoresheet, particularly because the contest coincided with Del Piero’s fiftieth birthday.
The wonderkid ultimately bought his want within the remaining minutes as he met Francisco Conceicao’s beautiful cross with a sliding header that beat Vanja Milinkovic-Savic and secured the precious victory.
Yildiz exulted after scoring his objective by mimicking the enduring tongue-out celebration of the Juventus nice as a becoming homage.
After the match, the Turkiye worldwide explicitly devoted the Derby win to his idol.
“I’m very proud of this objective. That is for you Alex, blissful birthday!” mentioned the 19-year-old in his post-match interview with Sky Sport Italia through IlBianconero.
“I’m additionally blissful for the staff, we performed properly and I’m happy with the end result.”
Yildiz additionally heaped reward on his teammate Andrea Cambiaso who produced a spectacular show and was behind Timothy Weah’s opener.
“Cambiaso works extraordinarily laborious. I’m blissful to have him on my facet. I additionally attempt to assist him on the again as a lot as I can.
“Inter vs Napoli? We’re not interested by it.”
For his half, Cambiaso weighed in on his menacing run that yielded the primary Juventus objective.
“I’m fairly drained now. However this result’s nice, so I’m very blissful. I noticed an area on Weah’s objective and I made a decision to slide in.”
The Italy worldwide additionally praised Yildiz for placing himself on the staff’s disposal, urging him to keep up the identical strategy.
“An important factor is to assist your teammates and that is what Yildiz has been doing. He has to proceed on the identical path.”
