Maradona’s defeat was hard to digest and it will take a while for Juventus to recover. Maybe the Coppa Italia will be enough, maybe we’ll need a good performance against Atalanta, in any case, we’ll have to react.
FIRST PROBLEM – Juventus had won 8 games, even if they often didn’t convince, but we always said to look at the result and with Napoli it was a disaster. A match in which Juve played at times like against Milan, like with PSG, like with Benfica and in Florence. The bar is raised and Juventus lose away, but lose badly, with quite heavy mistakes. It had happened with Milan with the goal from a corner with the insertion of a defender very similar in dynamics to the third goal that splits the match against Napoli. Then, as in Milan, the team risked losing because they only know the method of play which includes a quick restart and not so much that of enveloping play. The center of gravity rises and the prairies open up.
SECOND PROBLEM – The second problem is the offensive away performance. A goal had arrived against Turin, Lecce, Verona and Cremonese, often in the final which was enough to win, in Naples with Milan, in Florence it was not enough, more is needed. The recovery of the injured will be fundamental to understand if this Juventus can grow in this, or not.
The away match in Naples has put the defects of the beginning of the season on display which will have to be eliminated in the second round, given that they will be played away against Inter, Lazio, Roma, Atalanta, all tough matches that do not allow for a reply and no margin for error. We need to improve for fourth place.
