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Reply to Nex. Latest Posts. I was happy to be a part of the rebirth of this club. I was convinced that I was still a top player, so I joined Juventus with great motivation. They had a new stadium, great directors and wanted to return to the top level in Italy and Europe. The switch. Callum Rice-Coates 26 Mar Two sound bites after a defeat to Inter Milan in January actually went on to be quite fitting for the Pirlo era. It was put forward that the identity of Pirlo's Juventus would be a side fixated on the counter-press with a high intensity but what transpired was a squad often happy to cruise in first gear.
There were some rumours earlier in the season that the demands in training had been reduced under the rookie boss and that was popular with players after the workmanlike schedule under Sarri.
One of the main criticisms levelled at Pirlo's team was that they appeared to lack intensity. Possession proved important - in the first half of the season they were only beaten in this statistic three times and two of those were against Barcelona in the Champions League - but often they would be ponderous with it, shy of any creativity aside from give it to Ronaldo and hope. Chiesa and Kulusevski proved energetic and bright sparks but too often they were surrounded by players losing their individual battles.
The word 'intensity' got thrown around far too often in post-match press conferences for this issue to be chalked up as a 'one-off'. It proved infectious. Teams never felt out of the game and Benevento stunned Pirlo's side for a shock win in Turin.
With a Capocannoniere top scorer's title to show for it, no one can point fingers at Ronaldo for letting Pirlo down like many in the squad did.
The Portuguese finished with 29 league goals and 36 in all competitions but at 36 years old he provided complications. Mainly, his presence up top caused a dilemma for Pirlo and Alvaro Morata. It was suggested that Morata was low down Pirlo's list when it came to another No 9 and Pirlo made no secret of his desire to land Chelsea's Olivier Giroud in the January window. Ronaldo can still explode into life but he occupies the top end of the pitch and it left Morata doing a lot of the grunt work by dropping deep to link play.
The dynamic between Alvaro Morata left and Ronaldo centre presented Juventus problems. Morata is intelligent and can be a good foil for Ronaldo but something has been missing. Often it has looked like two individuals, rather than a strike partnership like we see at Inter with Romelu Lukaku and Lautaro Martinez. Just 11 league goals for Morata is simply not enough as Juventus' second-highest scorer in the season. Ronaldo is the orb around which everyone else circulates and, truth be told, too many didn't work it out.
When the going got tough Morata and Ronaldo became even further apart on the pitch, often drifting wide in search of the ball and lacking a plan to fall back on.
This partnership showed flashes but there was no consistency, and while Ronaldo's season was statistically great, this partnership - or lack thereof - hurt the team. A thigh problem kept him out for 47 days to start the season, he then complained of muscle fatigue just before Christmas and that was followed by 80 days out with ligament damage in the new year. Even before that, Dybala's was ravaged by coronavirus and the Argentine, just as he was expected to make this team his own, has fallen right down the pecking order.
There was, of course, March's house party along with Arthur and McKennie and it summed up just how wrong Dybala's 12 months has gone - and it has hurt Pirlo. The Argentine is unquestionably a real talent. One issue was that he was rarely ever deployed as a No 10 - his best position.
Paulo Dybala's lack of availability hurt all involved as his creativity was missing for long spells. Speaking in April, Pirlo expressed his commitment to Dybala: 'I've always said Dybala is an important player and unfortunately I haven't had him at my disposal very much this season. He still has a year left on his contract, so we will have him here next season. Dybala is a player who makes the difference. Even the best-laid plans can be hamstrung and that trio never lined up together, Pirlo seemingly possessing more belief in his system than adapting on the fly for his attackers.
Dybala is out of contract in and the mood is only trending towards him being used as the money-spinner in the market to ease the accounts. The jury has been out on Dybala at different stages under Allegri and Sarri, and Pirlo barely had chance to figure him out. A real frustration. The Argentine centre is a real talent but it was a year to forget under Pirlo's management. To go back to an earlier point about an ageing squad, it became clear throughout that Bonucci is not navigating the final years of his career quite as elegantly as Chiellini, three years his senior.
Bonucci was initially effusive in his praise for Pirlo, so keen was he to move on from Sarri, who he claimed he 'did not understand'. A mix of Covid concerns, injuries and a seeming unwillingness from Pirlo to put his faith in the next generation, Bonucci has been a regular in the side in the Pirlo reign.
They know each other well, perhaps there was a trust level that Pirlo simply didn't have in a player like Demiral. But it was often to Juventus' detriment that Bonucci was so highly-favoured. Bonucci is not ageing with the same grace as Chiellini and it has been difficult for fans to watch.
Juventus' Allianz Stadium was deliberately kept small so that they would regularly sell out and thus boast a better atmosphere. The club's ultras are a passionate bunch but Turin has suddenly became far less daunting a proposition for opponents when games went behind closed doors. An old cliche of a twelfth man felt somewhat significant here. Juventus' crowd are incredibly demanding as a fan-base, constantly striving for perfection, and there was a nagging sense that some of the performances would not have been tolerated with a crowd present, not least the hammering by AC Milan.
Without a crowd, opponents felt free to express themselves without fear of intimidation. Thinking back to Sarri's sole season in charge, there were memorable stoppage time wins over Napoli and Genoa, while Ronaldo needed a late penalty to salvage a point at home against Atalanta. Under Pirlo those moments felt rarer, a late Bonucci goal in the Derby della Mole against Torino and Ronaldo's late show in Udine the only stand-outs. An empty Allianz Stadium has taken away the fear factor and the number of late goals is down.
Champions League was key and he dropped the ball. Any coach who gets the nod from Agnelli is told one thing - go and win the Champions League. The tournament has possessed the Juventus chief - which is ironic given his leading role in pushing for a breakaway European Super League.
Juventus haven't won it since and so desperate is Agnelli to land it he has not been shy to spend his way to get it - he went and got Ronaldo out of Real Madrid for one. Allegri got to multiple finals but was shown up by Barcelona and Real Madrid while Sarri was humiliated by Lyon.
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