Juve give up records, but not the party. The draw against Cagliari (1-1, goals from Ibarbo and Vucinic) will prevent the Old Lady from beating Fabio Capello's record, but certainly not from enjoying a well-deserved Scudetto. The celebrations began immediately after the match, with the speaker calling the protagonists of the year one by one, and them enjoying the roar of their people.
Buffon, Vidal, Pirlo, Marchisio Chiellini and Barzagli, the thermometer of applause saw them prevail over all their teammates. And then there's Antonio Conte, but that's another story. The coach is unquestionably the most loved of the group, plus there is the fear of losing him, which scares the Juventus people a lot. How can someone like him be let go? Everyone in the Juventus fiefdom is asking for it, including Andrea Agnelli and Giuseppe Marotta, who will do everything possible to satisfy him, and therefore keep him. It's not about money, it's about goals. Conte wants to raise the bar and aim for the Champions League, which means top players, deliberately in the plural.
“The stimuli, the desire, the enthusiasm, the passion, are there for me and will always be there, because as I said they are part of my DNA, it's a question of character – explained Conte in the press conference. – What I think is very important, make careful assessments and understand if we all still have ferocious stimuli, if we are all still hungry for victory, if we all still have great motivation. This will be even more important than who, if any, should arrive. There must be the hunger to keep winning, the hunger to want to be protagonists, because after two years of winning and starting to eat, maybe someone will start to feel less hungry.
This must not happen, it must not happen to the environment in the first place, it must not happen to the fans, it must not happen to the club, to me, to the technical staff, it absolutely must not happen to the players. This is a very important thing, then we will see…”.
In short, there is no final word on the matter, and this is not a good sign for Juventus. Conte puts the black and white shirt ahead of everything, but only on condition that he pursues great goals. Otherwise it will be goodbye, and the wonderful toy may break. Everyone in Turin knows it, above all the players, who are doing everything possible to avoid the farewell. “Conte says I can play until I'm 40? – joked Captain Buffon. – He's the one who has to stay here for another 40 years, at Ferguson. He has black and white blood, before giving up this bench he would think about it many, many times ”. “Conte will stay, it is right that he evaluates him, but it will be nice to grow together in this cycle, he is the first architect of these successes” echoed another senator like Chiellini.
Words of love, which however do not change the coach's thinking. “A third championship? It will be tough. It will take a lot of work and never be satisfied. I don't have to release the reserve. If there are all these things then we continue, we move forward. If I were to realize that something is missing, it would be hard to go into battle". It is not a farewell, but a warning to sailors. The Juventus people celebrate, but with a touch of anxiety. Because rather than losing someone like that, he'd be willing to give the Scudetto back.
