Scudetto faded and also the Champions place at risk, so the coach also risks
Farewell to Champions League in the round of 16 and now the Scudetto as a mirage: the sensational defeat of you at home against the Benevento, who had not won in the league for over two months, it is as if he had issued another sentence. After nine years of domination in the league, the Juventus team is about to abdicate so much that even the place in the next Champions League is at risk. Not to mention the position of Pirlo, confirmed for the immediate but in the balance for the future.
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The words of the ds Fabio Paratici they reassured the position of the coach but the fourth place and the eventual conquest of the Italian Cup to keep Pirlo’s bench firm? At Continassa the usual post-match analysis took place, no summit, but it is obvious that the field topic goes hand in hand with that of the project undertaken in the summer, which sees the first cracks. Discounted and understandable the bitterness of Agnelli after such a result and performance, now twelve matches between the league and the Italian Cup for reflections and evaluations.
“We win and put pressure on Inter,” he said Pirlo on the eve. Not only did Juve surrender to Benevento – the first newly promoted team to remain undefeated against the Bianconeri in both matches of the same championship since Sampdoria 2012/13 – but it showed all its limits: a team without a precise idea of play, without identity, without character. Limits that the goals of Cristiano Ronaldo and the growth of Federico Chiesa have hitherto masked. Absences due to injury (Dybala above all) and for positivity to Covid-19, which affected all departments, are not an excuse to justify the lack of reaction, as we have seen against Inzaghi’s men, who have taken away four points from the bianconeri in this championship . And there are eleven points less than last season after 27 games. The mistake of Arthur it is not the first sign of the team’s lack of the right concentration and nastiness to impose itself on the opponents. This attitude is considered unacceptable by society.
“We have to change our heads because we are wearing an important jersey, which must be honored”, said Pirlo at the end of the game, pointing the finger at the attitude of his players. And with some of these there would be a disconnect. The technician continues to look at the long term and at his project which began last summer at the bet of the president Andrea Agnelli, who decided to focus on a technician in his first experience on the bench. “My future? There will be a club that will decide, I continue to work day by day, game after game, to try to do my best. Then in the end everyone will sum up.”
And at this point it is not excluded that the balance sheets at Juve can be done in advance. Now the stop for the national teams, then the derby against a Torino hunting for saving points and a Naples Champions in full swing. Two crucial challenges for the future of Pirlo and Juve.
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