Considering what team he joined and who he had infront of him, he played quite a lot. The lack of minutes in CL is what im pointing out, but to be fair its tough finding minutes with our CB lineup. Its fine Chielini, Benatia and Bonucci (before this season) played more in the CL considering we didnt have many injuries and suspensions. However, and i said it last season already, there is no way Barzagli should play more CL games in one season (last one, where he was 36/37) than Rugani in his whole career so far. Thats the only issue
I think that llegri is just hesitant to let barzagli go, to me is just because allegri saw how good barzagli was and well he trust him. But time has catched on, so i think he has no other choice anymore but to trust Rugani. Barzagli is retirement material, is for all the world to see.
And thats is ok, no one can beat time. Barzagli was maybe our most complete defender in his BBC prime, but time passes.
