Despite the recent elimination of Juventus from the Champions League, the Colombian team Juan Guillermo Cuadrado showed that they are at a high level, despite the fact that they were absent for a few days due to injury. He returned and was a great protagonist in the Italian victory with 3-2 against Porto, where he reported with assistance.
Although Torino were not enough to triumph in the series to advance to the quarterfinals, the Colombian left pleasant sensations and is already part of a list of “essentials” in the midst of a storm that was unleashed after the elimination . More exits are coming, but the one in Cuadrado is not.
However, there is an interesting fact that he left the week that is coming to an end. Juan Guillermo has reached 14 assists in the current season, most recently against Porto for the 2-1 set, so much so that Federico Chiesa scored. Cuadrado was decisive with this passing goal and a few more assists that did not end with a goal; he also crashed a shot from the post.
With this figure, the man born in Necoclí (Antioquia) is very close to reaching the record of James Rodríguez, who in his best season in Europe (2014/15) received 18 assists with the Real Madrid shirt, which sums up all official competitions in Europe.
Cuadrado has already surpassed his personal best since 2013/14, when he played for Fiorentina, where, in addition to 11 assists, he scored 15 goals. In the 2016/17 campaign he had 10 decisive passes with Juve, a team he joined in 2015 after playing in the Premier League with Chelsea.
According to the Transfermarkt record, the Colombian adds 14 assists in 27 games (for all competitions) and contributes with an assist every 149 minutes, on average, since he was on the field for 2,088 minutes. Interestingly, this is the first season in which he has not scored a goal since arriving at Juventus. In 2017/18 he scored five and last season he reported three.
The truth is that with the absence of James Rodriguez at Everton, who, according to coach Carlo Ancelotti, will return until April while recovering from his physical discomfort, Cuadrado will have a good opportunity to further improve his record and why not, to surpass that of 10 ‘. For now, this Sunday, Torino will visit Cagliari for Serie A, and the Colombian is one of those summoned by Andrea Pirlo. It will definitely be the title.