Max Allegri brought on Nikola Sekulov for his Serie A debut against Lazio yesterday as Juventus searched for a winner.
The match was goalless with around ten minutes to go and the Juve gaffer decided it was time to hand the 22-year-old his league debut as a replacement for Moise Kean.
Considering the Bianconeri were without Dusan Vlahovic and Arkadiusz Milik, this was clearly a desperate substitution by the Bianconeri gaffer to try and win the game.
However, was it the right decision to make? Journalist Tancredi Palmeri did not think so and said, as quoted by Tuttojuve:
“Sekulov’s choice was not very good. Once upon a time, winning with 10 seconds to go was Allegri’s specialty, perhaps with a substitution. The manner of this defeat appears very significant.”
Juve FC Says
Sekulov has trained with the senior team for some time, so he earned his place in the squad for the game.
He came into the game and did not make an impact, so we understand why the decision is being questioned.
If he had come on and scored or set up a goal, no one would question why Allegri handed him his debut.
We are happy with Allegri’s use of youngsters, but if the results do not change, then he has to leave his role as the team’s manager.
No, we are not happy with Allegri’s use of youngsters. He made Soule leave on loan when he should stayed and given much more game time. He has burst Yildiz’s bubble when he sat him on the bench against Empoli even though he was in red hot form – Yildiz has not scored since. He almost never plays Caviglia even though he would be a better option as regista than Locatelli. Illing Jr’s. development has also regressed under Allegri in the last 4 months. Miretti is given ample game time but is simply not good enough for Juve. #AllegriOut before it’s too late.
Agree 100%….. stop defending this horrible manager!!
Agree!
Juve need to look for solution immediately otherwise by by Champions League, Mirreti is not play well than Weah and always Mirreti, Bologna is coming behind us with Atlanta and Roma. Where is Zidane or Conte . All teams who change Coach they are doing well.