Thiago Motta is no longer protected by high walls, as the rest of the Juventus campaign will determine his fate.
Despite the club’s underwhelming season, the Bianconeri’s management continued to publicly and privately support the 42-year-old. As the club’s directors reiterated, the Italian Brazilian tactician was chosen to lead a long-term project, so a few stumbles along the way in the first campaign had already been envisioned.
Nevertheless, the early Champions League elimination has been hard to swallow even for Motta’s staunchest defenders at Continassa.
The Bianconeri ended the group stage in a disappointing 20th place which forced them to enter the play-off round as an unseeded club. The Italians beat PSV at home in the first leg, but their one-goal advantage wasn’t enough to progress, as the Dutch champions equalized the scoring on aggregate before advancing to the Round of 16 thanks to an extra-time winner.
So according to Il Corriere dello Sport via IlBianconero, this result could drastically change the perception around Motta, as his future in Turin is no longer as certain as it once was.
While a mid-season sacking could be easily ruled out (as he’s unlikely to pull off a Max Allegri outburst), the management will decide the tactician’s fate at the end of the season, and the outcome will largely hinge on Champions League qualification.
Juve’s early exit from Europe will cost the club a sizable amount of cash, but missing out on the tournament altogether would be a killer blow for the Bianconeri from a financial standpoint, as they’re already struggling to balance their accounts.
Therefore, Juventus won’t tolerate a failure on this front. So if Motta fails to steer the club towards a Top Four finish, he’s unlikely to see a second year at Continassa, explains the source.
The Old Lady currently sits fourth in the Serie A standings, but Lazio remain on par on points, while Milan and Fiorentina aren’t too far behind.
Fire him immediately.
You have to spend money to gain more money, being cheap not gonna take us anywhere.
if top 4 this year is the benchmark, then they need to fire him. This team isnt goo enough for top 4. Lazio are a better team. Not the misfiring bunch of individuals at Juve. Id say 70 ish points gets them to 4th. To do this they need to win 8 of their next 13 games. Three arent games they should win (Fiorentina,Lazio, Atalanta) Just assuming that those are draws. They need to win 7 out of their remaining 10 matches. With the way this team finds ways to lose the lead. Who knows.
I don’t see more than a 20% chance of this team winning 7 matches.
I don’t agree. Switching him mid season might put an end to UCL dreams. I see everyone forgot that Juve has an injury crisis with central defenders Cabal, Kalulu, Bremer, Veiga missing. The team is in a rebuilding stage, don’t expect everything to go according to plan. Even Conte and Lippi started very shaky their first season, but we all remember what happened. Furthermore, you have to bring in someone better than him. Zidane? He won’t join in the middle of the sesson. Benitez? Allegri? Hahaha. No good available options on the market so far
I don’t like Conte, but he won the Serie A in his first season.
And Juventus has had an injury crisis for at least 10 years…
The last competent coach at Juventus was Sarri. And after winning Serie A in 2020, the management got rid of him. We haven’t won anything since. (nobody cares about the worthless Coppa Italia)
Let’s not overreact, glass is half full and Motta should be given a fair go.
The way I see it, with Bremer in, we would not have lost to PSV. In fact, I truly believe that with Bremer in our season would have been far more successful as we have leaked goals by poor marking/ organisation.
Unfortunately, I don’t see the glass as half full. Their only success this season was beating inter. And the only way to avoid complete failure is to somehow get to 4th place. Which won’t be easy because they have to compete with better teams than Juventus at the moment.
One thing is absolutely clear: if we don’t get 4th place, Motta will have to be fired.