When Cristiano Ronaldo arrived at Juventus, everyone was expecting a great partnership with Paulo Dybala. Instead, the former Real Madrid forward has immediately gotten along with Federico Bernardeschi. They each scored one goal against Frosinone to bring the three points home and the Italian winger has had an amazing start: "Federico has matured a lot but it always works like that in Torino. You can't stay there if you don't grow up" has told Marco Tardelli to La Gazzetta dello Sport.
"He's changed physically, he's stronger but to me, a midfielder is the player that attacks and defends. He probably misses the way to move as a true mezzala, at least in defensive phase, maybe in offensive phase too. These are small details but they count: understand the moments of the game, when you should give the ball and when you'd rather keep it, when to slow down and when to accelerate. I've talked about that with Allegri.
I've asked him if Federico could really become a top midfielder and he told me he was trying to understand. In the end he told me he thought he could be. I want Federico to become a starter for Juve. He now has some playing time and changes the course of the game but he can't only be about that. He's got a lot of qualities, seems like a modern player to me, hard to compare with a former player".
About Bernarderschi's relationship with CR7: "It's easy with Ronaldo... I have to confirm something though: Allegri is the right person in my opinion. Not a lot of coaches are able to improve a 24-25-year-old player's performances like Max".
