Juvemania: a nightmare start, but Pirlo deserves confidence. The fault of a possible bankruptcy of company and management | First page

2020 is about to end and it is time to take stock at Juventus. The most difficult year in the history of football since the postwar period, due to the Covid-19 pandemic that devastated our lives, is about to come to an end. The Juventus team is (in the championship stop for holidays) with a sensational delay from the top, a gap that has not suffered in these proportions for more than 20 years. A real nightmare start, let’s face it. Only these numbers explain the evident reduction and weakening of Juventus in recent years despite the arrival of Cristiano Ronaldo in the summer of 2018.. The exonerations of Allegri first and Sarri only undermined the certainties of Juventus, even reducing the trophies achieved compared to previous seasons. You cannot win forever, this is evident, and it is also normal to arrive sooner or later at the end of a cycle, even if it is extraordinary. What is not normal, absolutely, is the inversely proportional relationship between the amount of salaries that has grown enormously in recent years and the technical / tactical value of the team, on the other hand, clearly decreased. This is the old woman’s problem, this is where we should point the finger.

TRUST IN PIRLO – Too easy to blame Pirlo, an ambitious new coach with high hopes but who does not yet have the experience or the mettle to withstand the stress of coaching a team where finishing second is equivalent to or close to failure.. It takes time, probably a long time, almost certainly one season will not be enough to do the practices. Does Juventus have all this time available to give you? This is the right question to ask. Obviously yes, otherwise he wouldn’t have fired Allegri to take Sarri in 2019, nor would he have exonerated Sarri from betting on a total rookie on the trade last August. Let’s face it, no top-tier coach would have agreed to coach Juventus in the last two years, especially in light of the confusing Paratici market in recent sessions. Pirlo in this sense is, therefore, the most intelligent option, the most sensible. Building a “Guardiola” at home where it is practically impossible to reach a ready-made “Guardiola”. Well, trust Pirlo for both and a fair review, which will help you grow when necessary. But if the season, especially in the League, should not be straightened out and put back on the tracks competing with a first-rate team like Juventus. no one points a finger at the Juventus coach, at least not in the first place. Before reaching their responsibilities, there are those of the club, Paratici, Nedved, some players, even owners, now obviously “boiled”.

In this staircase Andrea Pirlo occupies the last step, the lowest; Just think that two years ago Allegri was calling for a revolution because the old guard had ended but the management thought well (or badly, it depends on the point of view …) to take it out instead. And he did the same with Sarri last summer with evident pejorative results in the eyes of all. In fact, nothing is definitely missing yet. La Vieja, on paper, has everything to return to the Championship and still do well, if not very well, in the Champions League. Never give up Juventus for dead. The important thing is to let Pirlo work and have the courage to always protect him, directing responsibilities elsewhere (as it should be), in case things do not go as they dreamed at the time of their commitment.

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