Juve between regrets and mea culpa Now only the Italian Cup remains

The debacle with Villarreal was analyzed during the night by Allegri and the senators A pact to carry out the reconstruction, but the coach is overwhelmed by criticism

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Silences, regrets, mea culpa. Peaceful discussions on the reasons for the debacle. Massimiliano Allegri, after the match against Villarreal, reached his old friends at the J-Hotel, those who know the Livorno-Turin motorway by heart and do not fail to support him in the top challenges, but late at night, after a dinner that everyone was hoping to be festive and that instead of melancholy, he had the opportunity to analyze the defeat with some of his most representative players.

In fact, many spontaneously chose to stay in the retreat hotel: a way to support themselves in a difficult moment, to renew unity of purpose and focus on the future. The farewell to the Champions League, for the third time in a row in the second round, is already immense sporting and economic damage, woe to allow it to reverberate on the continuation of a season that is still worth a place in the Europe that counts and leaves the goal of the Italian Cup. Last hold, except for legendary comebacks, so as not to interrupt the Agnelli management series: for ten years Juventus have raised at least one trophy, it has also happened with the highly criticized Sarri and Pirlo.

The comparison with his predecessors is double-sided: on the one hand he nails Allegri with whose return nothing has changed, indeed at the moment things are worse, on the other he helps to understand how the problems have distant roots. This team has been weakened over time and every reconstruction goes through sacrifices and disappointments, if the attack was fixed with Vlahovic – extraordinary, but Champions fasting -, the median was absurdly weakened. And this time there was no Zakaria, January prop, nor McKennie, and the owners were weakened by too many games without turnover due to injuries. The point, however, is not the usury, as noted by Prime Video commentator Patrice Evra, from the top of the 813 starts played: “Juve do not have a midfield up to par and some players do not reflect the Juventus mentality. . We had Marchisio, Pogba, Pirlo and Vidal. I don’t want to talk about the singles, but I haven’t seen a single team change made by Arthur ». In the internal examinations, the Brazilian was also recognized with a good performance, but he is not a director, he certainly does not have the touch of the Maestro but not even that of Pjanic, just as Rabiot is neither Matuidi nor Khedira even if he earns more.

As for Locatelli, who yesterday – it rains in the wet – tested positive at Covid, has excellent skills, but it is unthinkable that he can increase the thickness with Milan behind him and three seasons at Sassuolo. Moral, Wednesday evening they went on for a cross, but the balls of De Sciglio and Cuadrado were wasted and after the first penalty the team melted. It will be said: Allegri did not procure the penalty. But the episode, while crucial, does not justify a Waterloo that pays for offensive sterility, the betrayal of the defense, the lack of solutions net of structural limits, a little less late replacements because Dybala was not at his best, like Chiellini. Simply, against Villarreal, seventh in La Liga, with an average quality in any case lower, Juventus cannot lose three to zero at home. –

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