These days, Juventus fans would have a hard time picking out the worst aspect of the club’s current crisis.
Are the results pitiful? The spineless performances? The absolute lack of character? Or maybe Massimiliano Allegri’s post-match statements?
While poor results and poor performances often go hand in hand, the manager’s ill-advised words only add salt to the wound.
While presenting alibis (such as the number of absences) is to be expected from a coach under fire, claiming last night’s hollow performance against Milan was decent is an insult to fan intelligence.
The Livorno native even claimed that the Rossoneri didn’t put his team in trouble too many times, even after scoring twice with Rafael Leao also hitting the post twice.
By contrast, Mike Maigan’s absence was hardly felt, as his backup Ciprian Tatarusanu only saw action in a couple of routine stops.
With all due respect to Allegri and all the accolades he garnered during his first stint in Turin, his attempts to convince us that the ship isn’t sinking are undermining our reasoning and, quite frankly, becoming irritating and intolerable.
No sir, the team’s performance was anything but decent against a Milan that was superior in every sense of the word.
And the first step toward redemption should be acknowledging the chaotic state of the team and at least admitting some responsibility for the club’s swift fall into the abyss.
