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1 year agoWhen Matthijs de Ligt traded pasta for schnitzel and Giorgio Chiellini hopped on a westbound plane to gallivant in Los Angeles, I was worried.Very worried.For a brief moment, the Juventus center back room looked thinner than the icing allocated to the last cinnamon roll.The known quantities were Leonardo Bonucci, the 35-year-old veteran who looked shakier at the back every time out; Daniele Rugani, who I'm told is still on the team although I seem to remember he played a few games in France at some point; and Danilo, who at that juncture wasn't even fully classified as a day-in, day-out center back.