Former Italy midfielder Alessio Tacchinardi believes Dusan Vlahovic can score two goals per game ‘like Cristiano Ronaldo’ but admits that only Matthijs de Ligt would have played in his Juventus side.

Tacchiardi spent almost his entire playing career at Juventus and moved to Villareal for a few seasons before hanging his boots.

The two clubs will meet in Spain next week in the first leg of the Champions League Round of 16.

“It will be a great match. Juventus have changed a lot in the last few weeks. They run more. I expect Denis Zakaria to start and 6-7 physically strong players,” the 46-year-old told La Gazzetta dello Sport.

“This Juventus side will never play well, so they have to battle. Allegri knows how to build teams that fight and put many balls in the box, so they find the net sooner or later.”

Surely, Dusan Vlahovic has helped the Bianconeri find the net more consistently. The 22-year-old joined Juventus in an €80m deal from Fiorentina in the January transfer window.

“He is a monstre,” said Tacchinardi. “Like every strong player, he is always where the ball is. He can score two goals per match, like Cristiano Ronaldo. He just need to get service. For this reason, I think that Allegri will ask for more help from the wings. They haven’t put many crosses in so far.”

Tacchinardi won the Champions League with Juventus in 1996 and believes that only one current Juventus player would feature in that team.

“Maybe only [Matthijs] De Ligt,” he admitted.

“However, I’d always pick Pietro Vierchowod when it comes to man-marking and Ciro Ferrara was also so good, he didn’t concede a centimetre to any opponent.”

Tacchinardi, 46, played 404 games in Turin, scoring 15 goals. He played for Villareal in 2005-06 and 2006-07 and ended his career with Brescia in Serie B in the 2007-08 campaign.

 

3 thought on “Tacchinardi explains why Vlahovic is ‘similar’ to Cristiano Ronaldo”
  1. I would’ve taken anyone over Tacchinardi in that team but he was insignificant. clearly he’s right though with deligt and certainly vlahovic over boksic.

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