TURIN. Work is not lacking, but Massimiliano Allegri would never have expected to have to start again with these mental rubble, the resounding whistles of the Stadium and a -5 in the standings that darkens his Juventus even more. «Now we just have to keep quiet and work – comments the coach after the sensational defeat at the Stadium against the newly promoted Empoli – looking for consistency and aiming to be more serene to play certain matches. I am confident and it is not a problem of personality, but after the goal we disunited: we need to have more tranquility and patience, we shouldn’t have played individually but as a team ».
The team was missing, also due to the continuous experiments of the Livorno coach (playmaker McKennie, playmaker Danilo and Chiesa second striker), while Ronaldo’s specter hovered over a Juve unable to score. «From now on we can no longer think of Cristiano Ronaldo – says Allegri -, but we have to become even more compact: I have a group of guys who have great technical and moral values, we will come out of it. After the game, I saw them heartbroken, but this is a misstep that is good for us. It is a difficult moment that we will need to grow, even if we are sorry to be less than five from the first ».
Inter ran away, as did Sarri’s Lazio (who knows what a joy for the former Juventus coach to see “his” Empoli win in Turin against Juve), and today Milan, Naples and Rome take the field. The point won between Udine and last night complicates the scudetto plans, even if Allegri seems more worried by the national team break and dribbles the market. Last night Kean disembarked from England and today the blue will undergo medical examinations and then sign the contract with a two-year loan and redemption obligation. “The club will take care of it and we’ll see who arrives,” says the coach who hopes for another midfielder (Witsel is the favorite) or a center-forward like Icardi. They will be intense days, but after Empoli there is little Allegri to stay.