6 months ago he was without a team, last night he eliminated Juve: The return of the "terrible" Ivan who stole Cristiano Ronaldo's record

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6 months ago he was without a team, last night he eliminated Juve: The return of
Ivan Perisic

Ivan Perisic had been missing from the radar of big-league football for some time. After a serious knee injury, he returned to his homeland, but last summer, after the termination of his contract with Hadjuk Split, he was left without a team. He said “yes” to PSV and at the age of 36 and with a goal in the first leg and one in the return leg, he contributed to the qualification to the 1/16, his goals actually cost Juventus the elimination from the Champions League.

An extraordinary career for Ivan, who after leaving Inter moved to Tottenham. Perisic's English experience was not extraordinary.

A serious injury, at the age of 34, might have seemed like the beginning of the end of his career, but it wasn't.

He returns to his hometown, to Hajduk, plays little, is not accepted by Gennaro Gattuso and terminates his contract in mid-August 2024.

Perisic wants to keep playing, but he's out of contract for a month. Como is watching him, then Genoa, Monza is also trying, persistently. He says no. There's no return to Serie A.

He then chooses PSV Eindhoven. He happily says that he was convinced by the project and the team that plays in the Champions League, even though he is off the list and has to wait.

He returns to form and when he is included in the list he takes the field against Juventus, in Turin he scores a beautiful goal, in Eindhoven he scores another, even more beautiful. Both very difficult for Juventus who are eliminated from the competition.

The former Inter player who contributed to the elimination of Juventus has made the social media of the black and blue world go wild. But in reality there is much more. It is the greatness of a player who at the age of 36 (born in February 1989), is still decisive, as he has often been in his career and who continues to set records.

This is because Perisic has become the "oldest" player to score in two consecutive matches in the knockout stages, taking the record from Cristiano Ronaldo.

Now his run continues, PSV will probably offer him a contract renewal, which expires in June, and who knows, maybe he will confirm his form in the round of 16 against Arsenal or Inter, and that would be an incredible twist of fate.


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