Stefano Salandin Monday 30 October 2023, 07:23
Little by little, but patience is needed because prejudice is always stronger than facts, the awareness of how Massimiliano Allegri’s work is of great motivational depth. Already the victory at San Siro against Milan but even more so that on Saturday against Verona have substantiated how the Juventus group is united in its willingness to provide mutual aid, knows how to suffer, does not lack concentration and is determined to go beyond his limits.
Allegri, Juve and balance
It is on maintaining this ferocious balance that the Juventus coach works incessantly because he knows well how delicate balance is for a team that he brought in many young people and which does not include champions capable of directing the fate of the match. Then, around all this, you play football with a higher aggression (it went from a very low center of gravity, 47.3 metres, in 2022/23, to an average center of gravity, 51 meters, in the current tournament) and a tactical flexibility in the preparation of the match which goes from the restart in the open field against Milan to the verticalisations against Verona. But always with a mantra in the background: the priority of not conceding goals and in this regard the fifth goalless match in a row it is the best answer and the most solid foundation to build on. Because, regarding the contingency of the challenge, the “matches are always difficult to straighten out” and, in relation to the perspective of the season, fragility triggers widespread insecurity especially in a group in the construction phase. And in particular in an environment like that of Juve where the defeat is experienced by the environment as a trauma that goes beyond the specific episode, so much so that all the players will explain to you that, first of all, when you play at Juventus the victory is above all a relief, as per the unforgettable summary of the late Gianluca Vialli.
Juve-Verona, Kean’s super action and the goal disallowed for offside
2023-10-30 06:23:00
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