🎇 Bremer, how did his return go? Leadership, no fear and one foul...🔥

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

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

How his return to the pitch went

Bremer didn’t feel the psychological fear of returning to the field: he started slowly but as the minutes passed he repeatedly tried to anticipate plays, made up for his teammates’ mistakes, and often went in for tackles. On one occasion, he even risked a very tough challenge on Reinhart, right on the edge of dangerous. The message is clear: if you’re afraid of getting hurt, you don’t attempt that kind of tackle, and Bremer showed no fear.

This tells us that he didn’t return to the pitch just because the recovery schedule said so—he came back, above all, with the right mentality.

Bremer is BACK 🧱 pic.twitter.com/8hjZXkjxz0

— Juventus_Xtra (@Juventus__Xtra) August 2, 2025

In fact, this intention could already be sensed from an interview he gave in May: "My head is in the right place, I’m focused, resilient, I’m working hard because I want to come back in the best shape possible. I train about 5 hours a day in total [...]. Do I miss running? Yes, especially inside 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 some matches to get back to his level".

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

La carica di #Tudor di quando esaltava El Taty contro Bremer:
“Il difensore più forte al mondo” 😲#DAZNpic.twitter.com/jQFra7KmGK

— DAZN Italia (@DAZN_IT) March 23, 2025

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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