In Italy, Serie A can once again count on Paul Pogba. The French international of Juventus Turin, whose last match dated back to May 14, made his return to competition during his team’s draw at home against Bologna (1-1), Sunday during the 2nd day of the Championship of ‘Italy.
“Of course, I’m happy to have found the field, to be able to redo what I love above all in the world, to feel good physically and to be able to help the team,” said the 2018 world champion. to the DAZN platform.
“We will do better for the next game”
“But I’m also a bit disappointed with the result, because we could pocket the three points for the victory,” he continued. “The positive is that we did not lose this game. This shows us that we still have to work and learn even more. We will do better for the next game,” he concluded.
Pogba, 30, replaced Nicolo Fagioli in the 66th minute as his team trailed 1-0 at home. He contributed to Juve’s equalizer by launching Samuel Iling Junior, whose cross was headed in by Dusan Vlahovic.
The midfielder, long injured last season in a knee and then a thigh, played only ten games in 2022-23 and missed the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. He also missed all of Juve’s warm-up matches this summer, but was last weekend in the squad for the first game of the 2023-24 season, won 3-0 at Udine, without coming into play.