Andrea Agnelli is linked to the Juventus protagonists of the last decade by a relationship that goes well beyond the professional aspect. If he could now outline his ideal Juventus of 2025, there would be Buffon with a role of the highest level, alongside him as CEO or vice president. At the head of the sports area Giorgio Chiellini and Andrea Pirlo still coach, perhaps with Bonucci and Barzagli at his side in the staff.
Agnelli dreams of the Juventus of the future with the protagonists of the Juve of the present. Because who better than them can explain what Juve is to who will come? Who better than them will be able to tell future Juventus players how to win all these Scudetti?
The right term is Juventus and it is from this password that the decision to appoint Andrea Pirlo as the successor of Maurizio Sarri was born on Saturday, ten days after his appointment as coach of the Under 23, in Serie C.
The choice is undoubtedly fascinating, it goes in the wake of that dream sketched a little while ago. But dreams are dreams precisely because they belong to the sphere of feelings, instinct, and as such when they pass the scrutiny of reason they come out with many more uncertainties and obstacles.
Let’s go back to Andrea Pirlo: the challenge is fascinating, but today the idea of entrusting the bench of the Italian champion team to those who have never done so is a gamble. A big gamble. It is useless today to talk about ideas, about purposeful football. Absurd to try to incense – speaking of schemes and modules – a coach that the coach has never done.
The risks are clear, for all to see. And the fact that the challenge is fascinating, that the man in question is Andrea Pirlo, does not make this choice less risky. Because for a Guardiola or a Zidane who have made it there are 50 coaches who have failed under the same conditions. Because Pirlo enters the front door without ever having seen the service door. Without even an assistant, assistant or second team coach experience: riskier than that …
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