2023-10-23 18:49:00
Claudio Savelli 23 October 2023
The Juventus she doesn’t shine with her own light but manages to overshadow the opponent in question. In this case he forces Milan to play a fragmented game, far from fluid, where the number of errors exceeds the number of good plays. This is the hand of Allegri, you may like it or not, but it is an identity in its own way and we must admit that it is visible. We must also give Max what is unique to him: not a contemporary game, not mechanisms worthy of today’s football, but an extraordinary ability to withstand difficulties. In the last two years he has seen a lot of things, and more than all his colleagues.
Yet he never made an alibi of it or lost control of himself and the situation. Last year he coached with a false ranking, knowing that at the end of the year he would receive a penalty that would have precluded Europe but still motivating the team to reach it. He had succeeded. Then Pogba who takes drugs, however with an almost useless substance, something out of this world. Not that the Frenchman was useful to the cause, he was already a former player, but certain events aren’t good for the dressing room, it’s still a teammate with whom you share hours of the day who is disqualified and who may never see you again.
At the penalty et al doping have been added betting of Beans. The football tests Allegri who resists and reacts immediately, recycling McKennie in the role of midfielder and dusting off Weah on the right. In midfield the blanket is short but more than enough to play the championship and the Italian Cup and, indeed, the shorter it becomes, the more Allegri seems to get excited. You see Vlahovic, who started very well, stops again due to groin pain and Chiesa who follows closely behind: now they are both at half service, so Max proposes Kean again, inevitably, and he seems to take it seriously. As if that wasn’t enough, Danilo, captain and embodiment of Allegri’s resistance on the pitch, gets hurt in the national team. Then he has to give Rugani a good dusting, yet another recycling from the coach, and Juventus survives. Perhaps Allegri endured because he doesn’t have better offers, both in terms of coat of arms and contract, perhaps he endured because at worst he has an alibi, or perhaps he really is a company man who gives the best of himself regardless of what it happens around.
Juve forcing Milan into a dark match, then struggling to overcome the Rossoneri with one more man and finally finding the net only on a deflected shot from Locatelli is a good summary of Allegri’s strengths and limitations. It’s not just the Juve coach who suffers, in general it applies to everyone: it’s time to make do with what you have. Pioli continues to not have a role playmaker, he must deploy the third goalkeeper and trust Jovic to preserve Giroud, it is normal for him to struggle when the level rises. Inzaghi has no changes in attack and in view of the Champions League he must pray that Lautaro and Thuram don’t get hurt. Mourinho has his men numbered but, like Allegri, he wins and survives. The ranking takes shape in the name of resistance.
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