Help from Batieux, Kostic rules again: how he's trying to keep Juventus together. Let's start with Serbia and Inter.

Philippe Bonyћ, who returned to Juventus after being on the market in the summer, has found a place in the main squad and made himself an important link in a team inflicting victories with his assists. However, he could be back on the market in January, due to tactical considerations and a glut of players at his position.

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The dip into the home atmosphere in a Serbia national team shirt for the two matches against Belgium and Hungary is the cherry on the cake that marks Filip Kosticћs return to the starting lineup and his importance to Juventus. He paid the price for Cambiasso's success and the need to find a better solution on the left wing (a former Bologna player) to combine with Chiesa and Vea. However, when he has had a place in the team, "Philippe" (as Allegri calls him) has always shown that he can be important for the Signora.

Decisive assists - Bremer's header against Cagliari was his third assisted pass this season, eleventh of his career and fourth in a Bianconeri shirt. Over the same time period, as noted, only Leao (12) and Kvaratskhelia (13) have played better. Three assists on the season, but more accurately, three in the last five games in which Kostiћ returned to the main lineup after playing only three games from the first seven.

This long waiting period, with Ealing and others being the most sacrificed, should be resolved after the January transfer window closes. Everything depends on the possible sale of the Briton and a possible new attack on Berardi (with all the consequences), as already thought out in the summer but not realized. The pitch suggests that Bonyћ is trying to hold his own at Juventus with his performances, not terrific, but using his strengths: speed down the flank, more attention to defense, a rain of passes into the center of the field from which statistically something substantial should grow. He is short on goals, his last goal was against Inter in March. This particular Inter is the most anticipated opponent in the first match after the break. Gazzetta dello Sport © All rights reserved