Juve, rude awakening compared to Allegri

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Someone might have mistaken it for the prologue to the “All or nothing” series, but Juve’s sensational “nothing” against Chelsea was not part of the plans of this docu-film, let alone those of Allegri. Who avoided street trials after the 4-0 on Tuesday evening – a score never seen in the Champions League by Juventus – but there is no shortage of concerns. There are technical limits, wrong attitudes and a realization crisis that sends the Bianconeri back on a roller coaster.

The awakening in London was abrupt and the return journey a long exercise in analysis, useful for understanding the errors and turning the page. The team landed just before 2pm in Turin Caselle, picked up on the track by the bus, and went to train at Continassa: on Saturday at the Stadium there is Atalanta and the fundamental 4th place in the league is at stake.

From the defeat of the Champions to the “final” for the Champions League, the step is short, just as there is little time to run for cover. Net of the possible return of Chiellini and the use of Dybala from the first minute, Juve is this and there are no shortage of defects. From the structural ones to the more recent ones with an increasingly endemic scoring ache. Ronaldo’s farewell is making itself felt in an attack that scores little: at Stamford Bridge only two shots on goal, while on Saturday against Lazio the 2-0 matured thanks to two penalties by Bonucci and before the break Cuadrado thought about it to score the winning goal in the 91st minute.

The purchase of Vlahovic would solve many problems, but the Serbian striker will hardly leave Fiorentina in January and that 50 million outlay was budgeted by Juve for the summer. On the repair market, the bianconeri are looking for reinforcements in midfield (like Kamara of Marseille) to re-establish a department that is disappointing, but everything is linked to the exits of Ramsey, Rabiot, Arthur or Bentancur. Foresight and patience are needed, even if the risk of not qualifying for the next Champions League could anticipate investments. «We missed the game and now we are thinking of Atalanta – says captain Leonardo Bonucci -, but all this must serve as a lesson. We have to be angry and after a defeat like this we have to understand where to improve ». The Champions debacle burns: so far Europe was the happy island of a Juve in trouble in the league and instead, together with the unbeaten run, now the certainty of being up to the big names has also disappeared. –

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