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When Massimiliano Allegri left Juventus in May 2019, he left behind a record-breaking legacy. The manager won the Serie A title in each of his five seasons in charge, achieved four straight league and cup doubles, and reached two Champions League finals, consolidating Juve’s place as the top dog of Italian football.
But since returning to Turin in 2021, following two years out of a job, the Italian coach has been unable to recapture the magic of his first spell, finishing 16 points adrift of champions Milan last term with the club’s worst points tally in over a decade, and beginning the new campaign in horror form. The Bianconeri have recorded more red cards (3) than wins (2) from their opening nine games in all competitions, rank 12th in Serie A for expected goals, and have lost the first two games of their Champions League group for the first time in their history. A 1-0 loss to Monza, who are playing in Serie A for the first ever time, had yet to win this season, and had Raffaele Palladino taking charge of his first ever senior game as manager, has only compounded this early season misery.
Unsurprisingly, pressure is now mounting on the Juve boss, with concerns over his ability to turn the side’s form around and match his rivals tactically. Meanwhile, the fact he signed a four-year contract on returning, worth a reported €9million per year, has led to fears that the club simply cannot afford to get rid of him. But has the legendary coach, who just last year was tipped for the Real Madrid job, really fallen behind his peers in the Italian game? On today’s EFD Explained, we’re going to take look.
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3 Comments
Yes he's been one since 2010 to 2014 when he took ac milan to a shithole.
Allegri and to certain extent Juventus dominated possibly the weekest era of Serie A ever.
Milan and Inter, Juve's true Perennial rivals were undergoing multiple ownership changes and constant rebuilds.. Roma and Napoli are reasonably big clubs but they don't have the finances/Brand recognition to compare with Juventus..unlike the Milanese clubs that are global brands like Juventus.
Juventus still spends a lot of $$$ compared to other Italian clubs especially wages but their monopisation of talent in Serie A in 2010s has gone away..Scamacca, Raspadori, Tonali, Barella all would have been hoovered up by Juventus in the 2010s but they joined other clubs.
Allegri is outdated, but Juventus' domination had a lot to do with the rest of the league being in chaos and now their rivals have caught up…Allegri's style was working because everyone else was just terrible, but that's not the case anymore and there has been a revolution in Serie A with very progressive minds like Pioli, Gasperini, Italiano all doing well with attacking football.
Juve's cycle is over..for now anyway
I just don't understand why they didn't stick with pirlo, he had a vision the fans knew they needed a squad overhaul and although they lost the 10 in a row possibly bringing back a manager that had been touted for every big job for 2 seasons yet getting none should of been a sign that the game was passing Allegri by. Watching his football was a pain to watch and that champions League final defeat to Real should of been a sign that his days battling with the top managers was over.