At Juve, style and tradition count and usually a coach doesn't change on the run. But the world is going fast and it's not what it used to be: today Juve is a joint stock company listed on the Stock Exchange and victories on the pitch are the only thing that matters. Exactly as Giampiero Boniperti taught. That's why coach Allegri's bench wobbles. And as if he wobbles. In everyone's head there is still the cry of alarm and the indictment of the president Andrea Agnelli: "Classification unacceptable". But from Wednesday there is also the merciless j'accuse of captain Buffon in Sassuolo: "Unworthy first half: just make these figures like pilgrims".
Now Massimiliano Allegri has his back against the wall: not only are the results obtained so far in the championship unpresentable, but the tactical confusion, the absence of an identity and the lack of a soul cry out for revenge. Juve no longer know who they are and what is worse is that the coach has lost control: he is no longer in control of the team and the dressing room is dangerously divided between old and new.
Barring surprises, it is very unlikely that Juve will recover the right course in the short term and the horizon is nightmarish: other than the Scudetto, realism says that only with a miracle will the Bianconeri be able to get on the podium and enter the Champions League. And without the Champions League, millionaire revenues go up in smoke and the coffers cry.
The rumors filtering through Juve's home is that we're already at the redde rationem: Saturday's the derby, which is always a special match, but this time it's even more so. Either Juve wins and convinces or the saints won't be enough to save Allegri. For his bench the hour of truth is near, very near. And some old glories, which have always been in the hearts of the fans, are revving up the engines.
The controversy over the use of Dybala before and in the last few hours the unease of Rugani, one of the most promising defenders of the new generation that Napoli would buy immediately for 20 million and that Allegri has never let play in the league, and lastly the he concern of the very powerful Raiola about Pogba's future speaks volumes about the wave that is mounting at Juventus.
Watch out Max, Juve isn't forever.
