Andrea Pirlo is in the eye of the storm, with the increasingly severe criticism against him after a decidedly wavering start in his adventure as a coach of the Juventus. Yet the technician of Flero he doesn’t seem worried, as demonstrated by the approach also taken to the delivery of the traditional Golden Tapir from ‘Strip the News’. Which Pirlo accepted without giving up his proverbial aplomb.
“I’m calm and confident“, Pirlo guaranteed to the Mediaset correspondent, Valerio Staffelli. “I’m not afraid of do not eat panettone“, he added. In reference to a possible risk of being exonerated even before Christmas.
Pirlo had to cope with the rest various issues which went even further than starting a new technical project with not too vague semblances of revolution.
At the moment they are set the games played by his Juventus, with a roster of three wins, three drawsie la defeat on Tuesday at home with the Barcelona. Numbers not exciting, at least for the recent history of Juventus, but what at the moment they don’t nail Pirlo.
Also noteworthy is the heavy absence of Cristiano Ronaldo, stopped in recent weeks by the Coronavirus. Meanwhile the Lusitanian star is finally healed, but Pirlo’s meeting with ‘Striscia la Notizia’ took place earlier. And the coach told the feelings of his most famous player.
“We are not Ronaldo employees. We are in the phase of running in. He is angry, because it does not heal ”, Pirlo then said. Also in reference to recent controversy on CR7’s comments about the buffer.
One of the many headaches around Pirlo’s current Juventus. Which, however does not tremble, much less in front of a Golden Tapir.
OMNISPORT | 30-10-2020 23:17
