Too easy to blame Bentancur
Juventus stutter in Portugal, symptomatic of a poor period. On the heels of a match in which nothing went right, Juventus collects a 2-1 loss and is sent home packing in an irritating (is there another way to characterize it?) display at the O Dragão stadium in Porto. Rodrigo Bentancur's unfortunate miscalculation sixty-three seconds after kick off opened the dances to what may be a key passage of Juve's 2020-21 Champions League. That notwithstanding, it's too easy to blame Bentancur. This match is the offspring of a performance that evidenced a particular period of this 2020-21 Juventus: lacking in will, confidence, determination, character, ideas, and identity. Sure, bad luck had its place: lack of form of key players like Morata, Ronaldo, Chiellini, Arthur and McKennie; the aforementioned unfortunate touch by Bentancur, Dybala being a non-entity the entire season, and a clear penalty denied at the death. This does not excuse, however, Juventus' poor period. Truth