Juventus are in crisis and that’s no understatement. Targeted by an investigation of falsification of its accounts, the Turin club is in the eye of Italian justice and has even already suffered a withdrawal of fifteen points in the standings. Leaving the podium for the middle of the table, the formation of Piedmont is also experiencing sporting difficulties at the start of 2023. Swept away by Naples 5-1 two weeks ago, the Bianconeri were also hooked by Atalanta (3 -3). A negative dynamic that was not stopped against Monza…
Yet at home in its enclosure at the Allianz Stadium, the Turin club took on water from all sides. Beaten 2-0 by the promoted, Juventus notably saw Dany Mota double the bet at the end of a festival in his defense of Carlos Augusto. Unable to come back to the score in the second half, the Vecchia Signora slipped to an unusual and particularly worrying twelfth place. If the first relegation, Hellas Verona, is quite far (12 points against 23 for Juve), the qualifying places for European competitions are 14 lengths and 15 for the top 4 synonymous with the Champions League.
Allegri evokes maintenance!
Competing in a European competition next year is therefore a miracle for Juventus – even if the seventh place which can offer a ticket to the Europa League Conference (if the Italian Cup is won by a team already qualified in Europe) is not only 5 points – the most suitable way to compete in the next Champions League will be to win the Europa League (dam against FC Nantes). A possibility that Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri does not currently consider. The latter mainly raises major defensive problems such as after the match for DAZN : “We have never had a first half like this, that should make us think. The second half went better, but it’s the first half that you have to watch, we are all responsible for such a performance. We have conceded 10 goals and scored one point in three games. We conceded goals with disarming ease.”
An axis of progress highlighted by the finalist of the Champions Leagues 2015 and 2017 with Juventus who then sounded the alarm. In bad shape, Juventus must first look behind before looking ahead. Massimiliano Allegri even went so far as to talk about the fight to stay in Serie A: the ranking? I always say we scored 38 points, but we have 23 and we have to be aware that’s the standings. We are working on the real classification, we have to do an examination of conscience and leave with mischief. You have to see the truth in the face and the truth is that you have to score points so as not to go down in Serie B. Strong words from the 55-year-old technician who nevertheless shows a hell of a fatalism. The next few weeks are going to be complicated in Turin…
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