“It requires patience”. It is the late evening of April 2nd and Juventus has just beaten Lazio in Turin. A deserved two-nil overall in the first leg of the Italian Cup semi-final, which gives a little shine back to a gray team. Two months earlier, the defeat in the direct clash against Inter put […]
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“It’s needed patience“. It is the late evening of April 2nd and in Turin Juventus he just beat the Lazio. A deserved two-nil overall in the first leg of the semi-final Italian cup, which restores a minimum of shine to a gray team. Two months earlier, the defeat in direct clash against Inter has put a tombstone on the ambitions of Scudetto of a Lady started from scratchwithout cups and with an almost non-existent market after the penalty for the capital gains. Up until that point it seemed like everyone had outperformedremaining attached to the summit despite a involved game and at times medieval. A half miracle, also considering the shortage of established champions and the low average age of the team (it’s one of Youngest Juventus ever).
L’own goal of belly of Federico Gatti against Interhowever, has a devastating impact on the performances of the Bianconeri, who have been putting together ever since six points in eight games, half of which were lost. The last defeat dates back to just three days earlier, again at the Olimpico against Lazio. Igor Tudor he made his debut on the Biancoceleste bench with a very Juventus victory: one-nil in the last attack, a header from defender Marusic. The Italian Cup clash therefore becomes crucial for Allegri’s men, who are almost hit by balls in the first half Luis Alberto and partners. In the second everything changes: i black and white they are aggressive, they score two goals with Chiesa and Vlahovic and even come close to making it three-nil. The final of Italian Cup it seems mortgaged.
After the match, however, Max Allegri he doesn’t seem happy: he sticks to the usual stock phrases (“There was the right environment to return to victory”), he decides to defend the indefensible, that is Alex Sandro (“I’m sorry they booed him, he won five championships”). However, his voice is very weak, almost hoarse, Max seems pale and doesn’t show a smile. The television journalist also notices this: “I don’t see her as very satisfied, is it tired or what?”. Allegri denies it: “Nooo, I’m satisfied, but if we won tonight we shouldn’t get excited.” A good half hour passes and it comes out of the belly of the Stadium Cristiano Giuntoli. The manager would like to get into the company Jeep and head home, but agrees to take a couple of souvenir photos with the fans. Almost funereal snapshots, given that the expression of the former Napoli sporting director is even more gloomy than that of Allegri. The reporter, camouflaged among the fans, notices: “Director, not even a smile? You won…”. Everyone laughs, except him. Giuntoli keeps his lips tight and lets out only one sentence: “It requires patience…“.
Who knows what happened that evening at the end of Juventus-Lazio. Did Allegri lose his temper after the victory and attack his manager? Possible, given the manager’s performance after the victory over Atalanta. In fact, in the weeks preceding the match against Lazio, the sports newspapers analyzed the reasons for the Juventus collapse. And as often happens in these cases, there were two reconstructions: journalists friends of Allegri attributed the collapse to Giuntoli bankruptcy market in January (few minutes on the pitch for Alcaraz, none for Djalo). Those closest to society, however, highlighted the Max’s total lack of play, now in the third year of his second mandate. Plus they were starting to filter out rumors on Thiago Motta. After seeing Allegri’s show after the Cup victory, it is easy to imagine how the coach could have had one heated discussion with Giuntoli, even in the minutes following the first leg of the semi-final. That’s why that evening the manager let slip that phrase: “It takes patience…”. Which, however, is over now.
