On the starting line of this Serie A, last August 19, there were two coaches with an enviable trophy cabinet, much richer than those of their colleagues: Jose Mourinhowhich in its history has won 8 championships and 2 Champions Leagues (as well as other cups and cups), and Max Allegri, 6 times Italian champion and capable of reaching the Champions League final on two occasions. Only the other technicians on the grid Stefano Pioli e Maurizio Sarri they had won an Italian championship, to which they had to add Rudy Garcia (French champion with Lille in 2011) and obviously the great one Claudio Ranieri with the unforgettable Leicester of 2016.
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by Emanuele Gamba
Apologies and the relationship between coaches and teams
The reference to the years is not accidental because even the glories of Mourinho and Allegri are now dated (2015 the Portuguese’s last championship, 2019 that of the Livorno), and this is the poisoned heart of the seasonal debate. There is no doubt that the two were great coaches – their palmares testifies to this – and therefore any objections about the present must be raised with respect, we are not talking about upstarts of the ball. But it must be asked, because the quality of men lower than that of the good years is part of the problem but does not exhaust it. What’s more: the frequency of the excuse, sometimes explicit, sometimes subliminal, touched something in the relationship between coaches and teams.
Rome, the change of gear with De Rossi
Mourinho paid for it with his dismissal, and the surrender of Roma with De Rossi he re-evaluated the quality of the squad. But it happened because he revolutionized the game in an offensive sense, which was evident even on difficult days like the one in Lecce, where, moreover, the two best-class players were missing (Pellegrini disqualified, Dybala only seen towards the end). It could have ended in any way, Roma risked a lot because Lecce is the most qualitative team at the bottom of the table, but they also came close to the blow. And in any case, in his segment of races – there are now ten – De Rossi is third.
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Allegri and the refusal to test the three attackers
Even Allegri, who had returned with strong words of Juventus pride, managed the growing disappointments of the three-year period by talking about player categories – a clear distinction, who knows how much the locker room appreciated – and by turning in on himself from a tactical point of view: the refusal to try the three attackers, for example, now resembles a stubborn denial to avoid agreeing with those who ask him (everyone). Juve built an ambitious first round on defensive imperviousness (10 clean sheets in 19 matches), now that they have lost it (3 in 11) and that the attempt to restore it is unsuccessful, it would be worth trying to score more: Allegri has the sixth attack in the championship with only 44 goals, the worst figure since 2000, in the season in which the lack of European commitments would have allowed weekly work of experimentation and training.
The toughest month is coming for Juve
The Champions League margin has thus narrowed, the toughest month of the calendar is coming, and there are teams that are racing behind it. If yesterday Roma only earned one point, and Roma-Juve is in 35th, Bologna has recovered three, and Bologna-Juve is in 37th. Atalanta also got three back, with one game missing and should therefore be considered in full swing, also because they have almost run out of direct matches and the 3-0 win in Naples was an explosion of play and spectacle. Bologna overcame Salernitana on autopilot, rediscovering the sulphurous visions of Zirkzee. Finally, with the last-gasp victory over Juve, Igor Tudor “asked” not to remove Lazio from the Champions League sprint yet.
Pioli: “Milan won’t leave, never had any doubts.” Scaroni: “The coach remains. he is fantastic “
Milan, second place in the pocket
We removed Milan from the race because their passport is validated by points and a fluent feeling of team play and individual play (Leao is a show). The margin over Juve means second place one step away. On April 22, Milan will celebrate an opulent derby: if Inter dreams of filling it with the scudetto, to expand the mental advantage of the five wins in a row in 2023, a healthy Milan aspires to make it the first psychological victory of the next championship.
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– 2024-04-02 09:40:13
