{"id":1137732,"date":"2020-03-23T11:30:03","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T11:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1137732"},"modified":"2020-03-23T11:47:16","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T11:47:16","slug":"josip-ilicic-appreciated-more-if-played-for-juventus-cassano","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/josip-ilicic-appreciated-more-if-played-for-juventus-cassano\/","title":{"rendered":"The whole world would be talking about Josip Ilicic if he played for Juventus – Cassano"},"content":{"rendered":"

Josip Ilicic would be appreciated more if he played for Juventus, according to Antonio Cassano.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Atalanta striker has been in wonderful form this season, scoring 21 goals across 29 games in all competitions.<\/p>\n

Five of those have come in his past two Champions League matches, during Atalanta’s last-16 tie against Valencia, scoring once in the first leg before adding four in the return match — becoming the first ever player in the competition’s history to net four away from home in a knockout tie.<\/p>\n

Josip Ilicic’s fine season: Five things to know…<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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  • Josip Ilicic has scored 15 goals and recorded five assists in 21 Serie A games this season.<\/li>\n
  • Only Ciro Immobile and Cristiano Ronaldo have been directly involved in more goals than the 32-year-old.<\/li>\n
  • He has also added five goals in the Champions League, four of which came in Atalanta’s last-16 second leg win over Valencia.<\/li>\n
  • But his, and Atalanta’s performances, have gone somewhat under the radar among those outside of Italy.<\/li>\n
  • And Antonio Cassano believes Ilicic would be getting more praise if he played for Juventus.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n