Juve, Morata turns up his nose but has scored more than Lautaro! Now they need full-back and midfielder

Allegri, in the unprecedented role of manager-coach, is moving with unprecedented prudence and realism. He knows he can’t expect much (like most teams). It starts with what it has: first of all it keeps and then it will try a few grafts.

Think about the necessary first. He holds Dybala, hoping that he is in peak physical shape. The goalkeeper does not change, he relies on the senators, but prepares an alternative as long as it is possible to still have Demiral to work alongside De Ligt. The positive choice on Morata made someone turn up their noses. But the coach from Lapland not only has faith in the player who was able to shine years ago; he knows very well its characteristics and also its psychology. That psychology that leads the Spanish player to be considered too intermittent, not appreciated by many fans and some observers. Yet Morata, this year, scored more than Lautaro, who was considered devastating and irrepressible. So what’s wrong with it? Sometimes he misses easy goals for too much confidence, impetuousness or speed and the effect is a bit that of the goalkeeper’s duck: one is remembered more than ten good saves. However Morata gets there on the ball and when he was on the pitch he gave much more depth to the team. Therefore, it is not a conservative choice, but an opportune one, considering a current cost of 20 million.

A full-back and a midfielder, these are the key points to be resolved. Alex Sandro has become too scholastic and bored, Rabiot could play later and Ramsey seems hardly employable. Now everyone cheers Locatelli, who Allegri (but also Pirlo) has enjoyed for some time. It depends a lot on where the negotiations with Sassuolo arrived because the seller’s claims, after what promises to be an excellent European player, could increase. While Pjanic’s homecoming doesn’t seem like the best solution. Certainly a Locatelli in an advanced position “tempts” as long as he has a dispatcher in front of the defense. The Bosnian player, however, offers no guarantees in this sense. And even Allegri’s thaumaturgical faculties may not be enough.