Max Allegri loves to be positive and forward-thinking when speaking to the press before and after Juventus games.
The Bianconeri coach has been under pressure for much of this campaign because his team has been underperforming.
Juve need to get back in shape before it’s too late for him and he loses his job.
Speaking ahead of his team’s opening Champions League group stage match against PSG, the coach says the game against Benfica was more important.
It could be an attempt to put their players under less pressure, but in the end they also lost the game against Benfica.
Former Juventus star Marco Tardelli says the manager has been giving mixed messages.
He said, as quoted by Tuttomercatoweb:
“Only Allegri can restore that serenity necessary to overcome the moment. However, some of his statements in recent weeks have surprised me, where he said that the game against PSG was not important, but the one against Benfica.
“Or that the important matches were Salernitana, Monza, and that Benfica was not decisive. There is a lot of confusion in these statements, and confusion creates uncertainty, uncertainty creates fear.”
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Juve have been poor this campaign, and it seems that Allegri has simply been in denial so far.
The Bianconeri coach knows what his team needs, but he seems to want to motivate them without putting pressure on them.
That’s not working so far, and he must find a new way to get his team back in shape.
