🎇 Bremer, how was his return? Leadership, no fear and a foul...🔥 | OneFootball

Bremer left the field in Leipzig on October 3, 2024 with a torn cruciate ligament, a key negative moment for Juventus’ season which—up to that point—had been one of the best defenses in Europe.

Today, after more than 300 days, he returned to the field with Juventus in front of the cameras: 45 minutes played against Reggiana, a first half to get back into the rhythm in which the Bianconeri conceded an avoidable goal (here’s the match report) but not because of him.

How his return to the field went

Bremer didn’t feel the psychological fear of returning to the field: he started slowly but as the minutes passed he tried several times to anticipate, recovered from his teammates’ mistakes, and often went into tackles. On one occasion he even risked a very hard challenge on Reinhart, right on the edge of dangerous. But the message is clear: if you’re afraid of getting hurt, you don’t try a tackle like that, and Bremer showed no fear.

This tells us that he didn’t return to the field just because the recovery schedule required it, but—above all—with the right mentality on the pitch.

After all, you could already sense this intention from an interview he gave in May: “My mind is in the right place, I’m focused, resilient, I’m working hard because I want to come back in the best possible shape. I train about 5 hours a day in total [...]. Do I miss running? Yes, especially on the green rectangle, that’s priceless.”

Tudor’s opinion and when he said “He’s the best in the world”

Bremer was at the center of the back three with which Tudor started the first half, and he immediately made his leadership felt. The coach himself spoke about him after the match: “I’m happy for Gleison’s return, surely it will take some time and he’ll need to play matches to get back to his level.”

Because according to Tudor, Bremer’s level is extremely high, perhaps unmatched. He himself said it to Taty Castellanos during his time at Lazio: “The best defender in the world” you can read from the coach’s lips on the field.

Now the Brazilian defender will need to improve his fitness in the upcoming tests against Borussia Dortmund (August 10), Juve Next Gen (August 13), and Atalanta (August 16). After that, it will be time to confirm all the good things he showed in the first 45 minutes of his “second” career at Juve.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇮🇹 here.

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