While the writing has been on the wall for quite some time, the confirmation arrived on Tuesday night: Juventus are officially out of the Champions… in October!
Sadly, the Bianconeri’s European campaign has been a disaster from the very beginning, and now we can only hope to avoid more misery at the hands of Leo Messi and company next Wednesday.
But let’s leave that for next weekend and focus on last night’s defeat at the hands of Benfica.
The Bianconeri were trailing 1-4 before with 20 minutes on the clock, but thankfully managed to creep back into the match by scoring twice, at least ending the match in a less humiliating fashion
According to IlBianconero, Juventus registered some negative records during their outing in Lisbon.
For the first time ever, the Old Lady conceded three goals in the first half of a Champions League fixture.
On another note, the Bianconeri have conceded 11 goals in total form their first five UCL group stage outings. This figure had never gone beyond 10.
Finally, Benfica were extremely close to adding another miserable record to Juve’s books if it wasn’t for their flurry of missed chances.
The source notes that Juventus had only conceded more that four goals in a single UCL match on only one occasions in the past, dating back to October 1958 (7-0 defeat against Wiener Sportclub).
As a Manchester United fan who is still going through this, I’m gonna warn from experience, this will only get worse unless fans take drastic action. Yes, Agnelli/Allegri may have been responsible for delivering the majority of your recent success, just like Ferguson. However, like the former Red Devils Manager, Agnelli/Allegri are also responsible for your downfall.
Manchester United thanks to Solskjaer normalising defeat, are on a 5 year trophy drought with Ten Hag getting a free pass.
Ferguson was responsible for Solskjaer getting the United job and also for him getting as long as he did. Ferguson is also the reason why the glazers were able to get the loan to purchase United in the 1st place and sadly seems above criticism from our fanbase. The glazers were trying to sell off all the good players and keep solskjaer, with the only thing preventing it being the sheer number of losses at the end.
Agnelli is trying to do likewise with Allegri- De Ligt, Ronaldo and Dybala all hounded out by fans who suddenly feel the need to plead poverty on behalf of Italy’s wealthiest club & family. Vlahovic will be next. They won’t be replaced by quality, results will decline further and further asset stripping will occur.
Unless you hound Agnelli out, this is headed to an incredibly ugly place.