We got knocked out the CL by a Lyon team who were just above mid table in Ligue 1.
I'm not glossing over the many failings of the team this season but of course Sarri had a successful record in the first half of the season. He inherited a strong team that had been well drilled by Allegri and had been improved over the summer. Pirlo is inheriting a mess that you could argue is weaker in midfield and is certainly weaker at the moment in all areas considering the injuries.
Sarri also had a pre-season and a fully fit team at the start of the season last year. Our schedule was pretty easy too, bar the games against Napoli and Inter.
We were also eking out 2-1 wins every game, it's not like we were winning comfortably.
But we were winning, just like with max.
And I am not defending sarri, far from it, but to say Pirlo hasn't inherited a strong team, it's not good enough. The team is certainly strong enough to beat Crotone and Verona, maybe even Roma.
The problem is our rookie coach obviously.
Like a romantic, Pirlo thought /thinks that he can change a team mentality and formation on the go.
It's not going to happen. Even max played Conte's 3 5 2 at the start, before changing, yet Pirlo thinks he can invent the wheel.
Bad decisions everywhere.
Our team is tailored to 4 3 3, play that formation and progressively implement your changes. It's not that hard.
Instead Pirlo tries to jackhammer his style making one bad decision after another.
PS Lyon did reach the semi final, eliminating probably a stronger than Juve, Man sShity.