Juventus has failed to win their last three league games, although they haven’t lost any of them either.
Their goalless draw against Napoli marked the third consecutive Serie A match in which they failed to win or score.
Despite the lack of recent victories, fans continue to support Thiago Motta as the manager capable of improving the team and returning Juventus to the top of Italian football.
Juve had opportunities to win the game against Napoli but couldn’t capitalise, and the Bianconeri are now eager to secure another domestic win.
Motta replaced Max Allegri in the summer, and last season, their former manager faced heavy criticism when his team went through similar winless spells.
Under Allegri, Juve often delivered underwhelming performances, and at several points during the last campaign, they went on runs without winning or losing games—a stagnation that contributed to Allegri losing his job.
However, Motta continues to enjoy the backing of both the fans and the club. Sabatini now questions whether Allegri would have received the same level of support had he remained the manager.
He said, as quoted by Tuttomercatoweb:
“But if it had happened a year ago, a few months ago, what is happening now, with three consecutive 0-0s and Vlahovic out after the first half, what would you have said? What would you have heard? You know, because the common verb was “all Allegri’s fault “. I consider Thiago Motta a very good coach, he is doing a good job, but that doesn’t mean that he obscures what everyone sees with eyes devoid of the mania, of the virus that was against Allegri. It was enough to say that it was his fault and humanity’s problems would have been solved”
Juve FC Says
Allegri had three seasons and things did not get better, but Motta has only been our manager for about three months, he needs more time.
Sabatini’s a clown. Motta needs time with so many changes in the squad and only one striker currently available to him.
Has he not noticed that no Euro club wants Allegri? There’s a damn good reason for that.
Honestly I don’t think there will be much improvement for this team. Motta and bologna scored just as many goals as allegris Juve last season. Motta was supposed to be a system coach so his system should create similar results. His prowess was in tactical stability and defense. Now the team shouldn’t look as clueless in the attacking phase as last year because we won’t be parking the bus as much. But still we do not have any world class players on this team. I’ve yet to see any player on this team be good enough to start for other top clubs (Madrid, man city, Liverpool, arsenal). Plus we have only one striker right now and he just isn’t good enough (DV9) – time for potential is over. It’s time to produce.
Let’s not forget Allegri was paid more than double and went through a whole lot more players that “didn’t fit the system” that then went on to have successful careers. Juve went from getting the best out of every player to getting the worst.
Allegri for a second spell was a disaster. I’d rather perform slightly worse without him at this point, because at least there’s hope for growing young players and financial recovery.
Surely the team needs some time to blend and know each other on and off field. The coach should be able to convey his philosophy and game plan based on his understanding of the players abilities, and as such players must learn to convert and implement that on the field of play. DV9’s inconsistency is worth scrutiny as regards challenges he’s facing, otherwise Juventus may need a replacement rather than a backup striker. I hope the team performs better especially in the final third, and get back to winning ways ASAP.
Well I know Motta is much better than Allegri, and I hated Allegri tbh, but what stuns me is that Juve has bought 3 midfielders this season and none of them are true playmakers like Pirlo or even Pogba. I mean how can you spend around 100m on your midfield and still can’t be creative in the midfield ? This is exactly the same situation with Vlahovic. Juve spent alot but nth happened. The problem is deep. I expected Motta to be smarter in the market
Sabatini is a flog. Allegri had three years and the team only got worse. If he was still manager juve would probably be three draws, two losses. Motta needs to find his best eleven and stop experimenting with his list. Time will only tell but I’m already enjoying watching juve more under Motta