Diego Demme - 6/10. Coppa Italia Final – Wednesday, 17 June – 21:00 GMT – Stadio Olimpico Juventus It is hard to properly gauge the performance against Milan as there was such a big break after a few minutes, but, overall, it mirrored so many of those the team had throughout the season: filled with encouraging signs early on, ultimately successful, but far from being satisfying.

Installing a more modern and entertaining playing style is nice, but most supporters are not aesthetes and base their evaluation mostly on results. The return bout versus Inter is only further confirmation of how the squad matured, even surprisingly so, under the former Milan coach.The Partenopei, also before Sarri, generally excelled for style points, now they have added a healthy dose of pragmatism that makes them more dangerous. And going all crazy over one single player not playing all that well — or the entire team as a whole — probably isn’t the most productive thing to do knowing the current circumstances and how long this team had to wait to play another game.However, if there ever is an exception to what I pretty much said I don’t want to try and do, it’s probably applying the opposite line of thinking to Ronaldo. The other doubt is at left back, where the manager picked Elseid Hysaj over Mario Rui  to be conservative, but Antonio Candreva still dominated on that flank and therefore he might go back to the usual starter.

The return to 4-3-3, which is pretty much ingrained in them, and the arrival of a great stabilizer like Diego Demme in the midfield did the rest and put all the pieces in place for a great turnaround. Juventus striker Cristiano Ronaldo (R) did not have a chance to attempt a penalty kick during a loss to Napoli in the Italian Cup final Wednesday in Rome. Fortunately for the five-time Ballon d’Or winner, a 0-0 draw earned Juventus a spot in Wednesday’s final against Napoli and Ronaldo now has every reason to … Stadium. However, it remains to be seen whether CR7 is willing to make the switch permanently or if it was just a one-off. Missed penalty aside, he did not look great but was often in a position to strike, only to be a little hesitant or stubborn in his execution.After much debate about the midfield, the gaffer went with the standard one, relying on Miralem Pjanic rather than on Sami Khedira from the jump, and both did very little. With Insigne and Dries Mertens leading the way, there is plenty of quality at their disposal and it does not take them much to catch the opponents off guard with a sudden combination. It is hard to properly gauge the performance against Milan as there was such a big break after a few minutes, but, overall, it mirrored so many of those the team had throughout the season: filled with encouraging signs early on, ultimately successful, but far from being satisfying. El Olímpico de Roma es la sede para el primer partido de definición de un campeonato desde la vuelta del fútbol, cuando la Juventus de Turín se mida al Napoli en la final de la Coppa de Italia. But, if Juve look more like the squad that lost to Napoli five months ago, then it will be a disappointing Coppa Italia final and rather than returning to Serie A action with some good vibes, Sarri’s squad will be left licking their wounds a little bit.Just how Sarri approaches this will be interesting as all hell. Because the games are going to come with Douglas Costa-like quickness starting next week, and there’s a major fight for the Scudetto that’s coming along with it.That is quite the photographic representation of how Cristiano Ronaldo’s return to the field went on Friday night. Massimiliano Allegri had tried it out from the get-go last year, only to do away with him because he tended to be bottled up against the minnows. Gattuso revived a few players that were misplaced tactically with Carlo Ancelotti at the helm, primarily Fabian Ruiz and Piotr Zielinski, but Lorenzo Insigne also had to take care of excessive defensive duties. It seems to me that Rodrigo Bentancur takes a hit when moving from box-to-box to regista and it is worthy only if you have peak Aaron Ramsey to make up for it with his offensive presence, which is not currently the case. We still have some work to do but we’re on the right path.”Gattuso has been here before. Together with the Soy Calcio Channel, … But, what Napoli can do is what Milan failed to do — and that’s actually make Juventus pay on the counterattack.If Juventus can take Napoli out of its game, then the chances of winning the Coppa Italia will become that more possible. Ospina is suspended, therefore Alex Meret will have a chance to win back his starting job on a big stage, as the coach has generally preferred the Colombian international because of his prowess with his feet.While they only knew one way before Gattuso came to town, now they are capable of both pulling the strings and sitting back diligently and counter-attacking, depending on what the opposition gives them, but they are still unpredictable.Serie A | Fantacalcio | @JuveFCcom writer | the biggest expert of Serie A worst players | Juventus | Padova | Occasionally NBA and NFL |© 2019 Juvefc.com, Trade names and marks Juventus, Juve and Shield Device are the exclusive property of Juventus | Images via Getty