The Italian technician Massimiliano Allegri has become the new coach of Juventus Turin, replacing his compatriot Andrea Pirlo, dismissed at the end of his first season, the Italian Serie A club announced on Friday in a statement.
“Welcome home, Max!” “Said the club by welcoming the reunion, mentioned for several weeks, with the 53-year-old coach. During his first stint on the Turin bench (2014-2019), Juve crushed Italian football with five league titles but also four Italian Cups and two Super Cups, as well as two finals lost in the Champions League.
Under the cup of Pirlo, the “Old Lady” won two titles – the Italian Super Cup and the Italian Cup – and a ticket for the Champions League snatched in extremis last Sunday during the final day of Serie A .
Since his departure from Juve in 2019, Allegri has preferred to decline all the offers made to him. His name has circulated in recent days by the Spanish press as a possible successor to Zinédine Zidane on the Real Madrid bank.
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