Personally, when Conte left and I thought Allegri will destroy all the good work Conte. I thought he'd do what Benitez did to Mourinho's Inter and that the fans and media will pile massive pressure on him and that this will tear the team apart. Allegri ofcoarse proved to be a master at handling the pressure, he kept the status quo for sometime before introducing tweaks that worked to great effect and got the team to gradually improve as the season went along. We were lucky in the CL draw as we didnt face a big team early on but rather had a gradually increasing difficulty that was in parallel to the gradual improvement of our performances. I honestly thought that no coach even Mourinho can get this squad to compete like that Europe and certainly not Allegri until 3-4 years have passed to give us the proper finances.
Our team's main playmaker was also getting injured, our best player was being hunted by United and Madrid, Pogba was getting hunted too and our best CB and our legendary GK were getting very old. I thought that this squad wont get to do anything in europe and that a transition to a new younger squad has to happen and that the new young squad coupled with the additions that we'd be able to make once we are richer are the ones that will get the club back to competing in Europe.
Allegri brilliantly managed the squad and got them to improve a lot and so in my books we have arrived in Europe 3-4 years early. It also helps that most of our European competitors have imploded or under performed. United should be like Madrid, Bayern and Barca but imploded. Chelsea have under-performed in Europe. City havent managed to fix their mental issues despite a massive squad. Dortmund have imploded. Only PSG and ATM did a good job in Europe.
Marotta and Agnelli have achieved massive success against all odds twice. First with the Conte era getting Juve back on top of Serie A 3 years earlier than even optimists expected. And second with the Allegri Era getting Juve back amongst the European giants again 3 years earlier than what anyone can reasonable expect. Massive success. If you want to appreciate how hard it is to achieve this look back at our Ferrara and DN days or even better look at Liverpool, Arsenal, Current United, City, Roma and Inter who can't seem to get their teams to properly function either in Serie A or in Europe or in both despite most of them spending massive money every year and maintaining a massive wage bill . What we achieved is the stuff of dreams
Our team's main playmaker was also getting injured, our best player was being hunted by United and Madrid, Pogba was getting hunted too and our best CB and our legendary GK were getting very old. I thought that this squad wont get to do anything in europe and that a transition to a new younger squad has to happen and that the new young squad coupled with the additions that we'd be able to make once we are richer are the ones that will get the club back to competing in Europe.
Allegri brilliantly managed the squad and got them to improve a lot and so in my books we have arrived in Europe 3-4 years early. It also helps that most of our European competitors have imploded or under performed. United should be like Madrid, Bayern and Barca but imploded. Chelsea have under-performed in Europe. City havent managed to fix their mental issues despite a massive squad. Dortmund have imploded. Only PSG and ATM did a good job in Europe.
Marotta and Agnelli have achieved massive success against all odds twice. First with the Conte era getting Juve back on top of Serie A 3 years earlier than even optimists expected. And second with the Allegri Era getting Juve back amongst the European giants again 3 years earlier than what anyone can reasonable expect. Massive success. If you want to appreciate how hard it is to achieve this look back at our Ferrara and DN days or even better look at Liverpool, Arsenal, Current United, City, Roma and Inter who can't seem to get their teams to properly function either in Serie A or in Europe or in both despite most of them spending massive money every year and maintaining a massive wage bill . What we achieved is the stuff of dreams

