“Are you a horse racing connoisseur? In horse racing, just put the nose in front. There is no need to win by a hundred: front nose. Photography: short muzzle. Is simple. The one who loses his nose comes second. The one who wins shortly is first. It is not that they write he won by thirty: first. Short muzzle “. Thus says one of the monologues, because of this it was, the most famous in the recent history of Italian football. Juventus put the nose in front. He ran, scored and hoped. The gift was expected to come from Bergamo, but Napoli thought about committing the most unpredictable harakiri. In the end, Juve are fourth. Exactly: the face in front of the opponents is enough to hit the minimum wage, perhaps even something less if we look at the last ten unrepeatable seasons. Celebrating makes little sense, but it makes us understand how a “trivial” Champions League placement has been suffered and pursued. Crucial, for what it will be. At least there is a basis from which to start again, as long as you face the mistakes made. The balance sheets are made in the end, it is true: there is only one company in Italy that from 2011 to today has always won something and has always qualified for the Europe that matters. True, but everything must be put on the plate. Fourth place on the last day is enough to avoid disaster, not disappointment.
Pirlo or not Pirlo? This is not the dilemma. Let’s be clear: the future of the Juventus coach is a topical topic and a topic to be discussed. If only it was the choice that will affect Juventus’ performance in the future more immediately. To do: a serious company cannot say anything else that it does not depend on a match, but the truth is quite the opposite. Good for Pirlo: if the last day hadn’t really been crucial, the only possible decision was the sacking. Given that it was not and it is not, it could continue and all in all it is back there: he closed with only five points less in Sarri, for one thing. Malino, but how much of his own in an overall disappointing season? And how much of the decisions of the company are there in the assets of squandered points compared to Allegri’s last year? The truth is that Juve have a thousand questions about their future. Will Agnelli remain? It seems so. And Paratici? Probably not. What will Cristiano Ronaldo do? Impossible to say, but which other country asks him for a hundred thousand euros in taxes per year. Will Paulo Dybala renew his contract? Here, this should be one of the first points on the agenda. Will the inevitable lowering of the amount of wages be achieved by cutting some waste (Ramsey, Rabiot himself: make no mistake, it closed well last year too, the problem is six or seven months earlier) or by selling some valuable pieces? It is a string of questions, which starts from the head and must question everything that has been done in the last two years. The luxury is being able to place them from the comfortable bearing of the Champions League (Uefa permitting, another delicate key). But you need the courage to put them on.
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