«We had a winning team, even if they didn’t play champagne-football. They changed everything, from Sarri that we knew was inadequate, to the Pirlo bet, which is like putting one on right away Ferrari in hand who has the pink sheet“. Flavio Briatore, a genuine Juventus fan, has no doubts. Speaking on Monday afternoon at “La politics in the ball”, on Rai Gr Parliament, the former manager of Formula 1 wands his Juventus, champion of Italy after nine years: “There have been errors of assessment, we have been losing to inferior teams since the beginning of the season and we managed not to have a midfield. It is the consequence of wrong choices: Allegri’s team, with some insertions, would have continued to win ».
Briatore does not have it for the management for the purchase of Cristiano Ronaldo, but with the management: «CR7 was an important investment and good for the championship Italian – explains the 71-year-old – He is always top scorer or second, he has always scored but there is a need for a team to play for him. Right now he doesn’t. I would keep him if they make a team where he can be the spearhead. In the end, the only thing that matters is throwing the ball in, and Ronaldo has shown that he can do it. But we have older players compared to other leagues ».
If the team does not play for Ronaldo, then the problem is the new driver Pirlo, in his first experience not only in Serie A, but precisely as a coach: “In his place I would take Allegri or some weight coach who manages these champions.” In the storm, with the history of the Superlega, at the moment there is however, Andrea Agnelli, who has also dragged Juventus into the eye of the storm (also on Monday warning of the FIGC: the rule was approved for the exclusion of teams that will enroll in private championships not recognized by the institutions): «Andrea Agnelli is part of the family and did well. We all make mistakes, but I expect more a change of coach and management. We haven’t seen Juventus style this year, with some executives showing hooligan scenes that aren’t from Juve. We also need a strong coach who can calm everyone down: when Max was there (Allegri, in fact, ed), Nedved has never broken the billboards, we have never seen Juve style this year».
And on the history of the born and aborted super championship, he adds: «I believe that the approach it was mistaken and the badly managed affair: it is no longer sport if you only have twelve teams and you do not relegate. But there is from change in football is evident, can not continue like this, there is a risk that the big teams go into default».
The Scudetto now belongs to Inter. The Nerazzurri club led by the former Marotta and with another former player, Antonio Conte on the bench. Briatore is succinct: «We were pirloni – always to change Allegri, he maintains – and in all these great acquisitions there is no point of reference like Lukaku and Martinez. Conte may or may not like it, but it is motivating. And Pirlo has a different character. We had a team, we defeated it ».
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