Last season, Filip Kostic established himself as one of the best assistants on the continent. The Serb created eight goals for his former Eintracht Frankfurt teammates en route to triumph in the Europa League.
Thanks to his sublime central ability, Juventus identified the winger as the ideal profile for the left flank, especially due to the great need that the squad had for such a player.
Last night, the 29-year-old was one of the Bianconeri’s best players in the loss to Paris Saint Germain in the Champions League opener.
The Serbian international showed off his brilliant cross by providing an exquisite assist for Weston McKennie’s goal.
However, the ilbianconero warns that the player’s best quality can become a double-edged sword for the club.
The source explains that Max Allegri shouldn’t trust Kostic too much when it comes to feeding his tall forwards Arek Milik and Dusan Vlahovic.
Such a strategy would end up backfiring by making the team’s tactics too obvious and predictable, allowing opponents to easily counter our plays by focusing on blocking runs and crosses from the winger.
Instead, Max Allegri must maintain a certain balance between the various weapons at his disposal.
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The source is right, as the manager tends to trust a certain strategy when it seems to work.
However, the arrival of Leandro Paredes should offer Juventus more solutions from the centre, while the return of Ángel Di María would also relieve some of the pressure currently on Kostic’s shoulders.
