UCL: He broke our plans – Chiellini names unstoppable Real Madrid star
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Juventus legend, Giorgio Chiellini, has named an ‘unstoppable’ Real Madrid player during his playing days.
He singled out Isco, who, according to him, helped Real Madrid secure a 3-0 win in the first leg of the 2017-18 Champions League quarterfinal between Real Madrid and Juventus.
Real Madrid went on to lift the top prize that season.
Juventus and Real Madrid locked horns in April that year, with the first leg played at Turin.
Real Madrid took a 3-0 lead in the tie, with Cristiano Ronaldo scoring a brace and a third from Marcelo.
However, speaking on The Overlap, Chiellini insisted that it was Isco who weakened Juventus that evening.
“Isco was the one who broke our plan. He was really unstoppable. He creates on the right, middle, left, it wasn’t easy for us to stop them,” said Chiellini.
“We’ve beaten Real Madrid with James Rodríguez as the midfielder and with 3 forwards, it was an offensive team, it was ‘okay, we defend really well and we score.
“But when they played with Casemiro and Isco… We could manage Gareth Bale, we’ll concede a couple of chances but we know what he’s doing… but Isco that season… Most difficult thing for a defender is unpredictable players.”
