Without defense. In double meaning. Metaphorical because this Juventus has no alibi and textual because the unexpected fragility becomes a key to interpreting the crisis. Let’s start from the second point, from the 12 goals collected in 10 games, too many for any first-tier team and even more for those who had made a flag of solidity: “The winner is the one who concedes fewer goals”, the mantra of Massimiliano Allegri. There is no trace of his bunker, the old wall has fallen apart: from 1992-’93 the bianconeri did not suffer many goals in the first ten days of Serie A. The issue was addressed yesterday in a technical meeting without tension – analysis and no reckoning, confrontation and no trial -, together with the lack of incisiveness, the wrong attitude, the gaps that re-emerged against Sassuolo and, this time, not masked by the result. The effect is clear: after not even a third of the championship, the distance from the top marks a negative record – never 13 steps below in the era of 3 points -, so the championship becomes a mirage and the Champions area, now 4 points away, also begins. to blacken thoughts.
It is undeniable that Juventus pay for ancient mistakes, in particular a midfield not up to the ambitions that only Locatelli cannot transform and an attack without a real reference (Morata is unrecognizable, Dybala just returned), after all Allegri has inherited a team came fourth for the broken cap and no more Cristiano Ronaldo. Having said this in his defense, and acknowledging that the reconstruction and rejuvenation project requires time and sacrifices, even the coach has clear responsibilities: an identity is missing, the swirling change of formations confuses, the tactics do not compensate for structural limitations. He brought order to the locker room, but that’s not enough, now we need ideas. He will be able to find them, and meanwhile he will be able to convey serenity even in such a dark moment, but time is running out and the pressure increases. «You need to be able to recognize and analyze difficulties in a balanced way – analyzes Giorgio Chiellini on Linkedin -, then you have to look for solutions: you can overcome a difficult moment, but you need to be united within a working group. Balance and clarity are always needed. If a work group shares and is convinced of what it is doing, even if the idea is not entirely correct, then it carries it out. If the idea is correct but the working group is not convinced to carry it forward, it cannot be successful ».
While the Juventus shareholders’ meeting will be held today at the Stadium, the team will restart tomorrow from Verona against Igor Tudor, Juventus for 7 seasons and deputy to Andrea Pirlo last year, very close to Juventus but certainly not happy with the last experience. for the exemption that involved him and which he considered unfair and for the hierarchies of Pirlo which aligned him with the other staff members, ignoring his professional career. He had promised himself not to be an assistant anymore and in Verona, where he replaced Di Francesco, he is proving his worth: the dream is to join Juve who have only 3 points more. It will be a more complicated exam than expected, especially for the defense: the Giallobù attack, with 22 goals, is the third in Serie A, and in the management of Tudor the best ever.