Juventus have already lost 10 games in the championship, it hasn’t happened since Delneri. And in all competitions he is already at 17 defeats: almost one game every three
“At the moment, Juventus have improved on last year’s season.” While motivating the assessment with all the events that occurred during the season, Massimiliano Allegri’s anticipated assessment before the match against Milan could not fail to attract attention. Provisional balance, says common sense, so much so that the coach himself spoke of that second place (for points on the pitch, not counting the -10) which in reality the bianconeri lost within a few hours, falling with the Diavolo and being overtaken by Lazio. But 90 minutes from the end there are elements for a slightly broader comparison with the past.
THE LAST DAY
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Having said that Allegri’s reasoning also touched on other factors, on all the physical problems that there have been and their management, numbers in hand, so did Juventus do better than last year or not? It’s not for sure. On the contrary. Today Juventus scored 69 points (on the pitch), a year ago with one match to go they were 70, so we’re already a step behind. But then he lost the last day in Florence, so he can still exceed that quota: to say he did better than a year ago, he needs a victory in Udine in the last championship match.
NO, NOT GOOD
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However, there is something in which we inevitably already know that they did worse: last year Juve closed with 8 defeats, this year they are already at 10. And be careful: to find a double-digit championship in terms of number of defeats we need to go back to the darkest years, to be precise the ten knockouts in 2010-11 with Delneri… Broadening our gaze to all competitions, there are no less than 17 defeats. once every three games played, Juve lost.
YEAR ON YEAR
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It is inevitable to broaden the horizon also to those who have been there before. With Andrea Pirlo one match to go, Juventus had 6 points more than today, and finished at 78. With Maurizio Sarri one match to go, Juventus had 14 points more than today, and finished at 83. Then the absolute values can be misleading and a more realistic picture can be given by the contingency of each specific championship. And so the distance from the first says that today Juventus are -18 from leaders Naples, a year ago they were -13 from first Milan, two years ago still -13 but from Inter. Four years ago with Sarri it was you, Juve, the leaders … But for that matter also five years ago with Allegri.
June 1, 2023 (change June 1, 2023 | 12:05)
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