Massimiliano Allegri (162 Viewers)
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What i would not agree is the comment of us besting tactically bayern in those 2 games. At the very least we need to mention the debacle of the first half , which we have repeated numerous times but somehow gets ignored. That was not tactical masterpaln, in fact we threw the tie in those 45 mins. The rest we did fine but the morata sub in the 2nd game also was subpar. He made his mistakes in that tie. Evra´s stupidity was the icing on the cake, but allegri did his share too.
That said, overall he has been head and shoulders better than Conte. Theres no doubt about it.
Juventus´s Conte was all about grinta and passion, but the guy was very inexperienced analysing the games in europe and his mentality against big teams was depressing...it reflected on players in the games. People here can hype him all they want, and we all need to admit his 352 is a big part of our current sucess... but in europe he was very underwhelming. very.
Allegri seems to know what he is doing, and apart from those mistakes i mentioned, he has been a success in this regard. Its sad that he made those mistakes in that tie... but thats the only big game in europe i have seen him genuinely bottling it.... in all the other games, including knockouts...we have played up to the ocassion and that is in big part to him.
Ill give my final verdict next season, after Marotta completes the team and let him express himself fully... but if he leaves juve at the end of teh season, my review would be for sure positive. We needed a coach that delivered in europe and he is doing just that,
First half vs Bayern at home was awful. He also got it wrong by taking off Morata and Khedira in the away game. Both were superb and we really struggled to keep the ball after that.
But overall he did very well against Bayern and with a bit more luck we would have made it. He also seems to have learned from the home Bayern game as shown by our approach against Barcelona at home, which is something that really impresses me about Allegri.
I would argue that the criticism of Conte in Europe is slightly over the top. He was taking a team that had very little European experience, which seems to be a factor as we often see teams new the competition take a few years to get going e.g. Chelsea, Man City, PSG all underachieved for a while given their squads. he also hadn't managed in Europe before. I think Allegri has benefited somewhat from the team having three seasons of CL football under its belt when he took over.
But no doubt that Allegri has done a fantastic job and been streets ahead of Conte in Europe.
But overall he did very well against Bayern and with a bit more luck we would have made it. He also seems to have learned from the home Bayern game as shown by our approach against Barcelona at home, which is something that really impresses me about Allegri.
I would argue that the criticism of Conte in Europe is slightly over the top. He was taking a team that had very little European experience, which seems to be a factor as we often see teams new the competition take a few years to get going e.g. Chelsea, Man City, PSG all underachieved for a while given their squads. he also hadn't managed in Europe before. I think Allegri has benefited somewhat from the team having three seasons of CL football under its belt when he took over.
But no doubt that Allegri has done a fantastic job and been streets ahead of Conte in Europe.
Actually I doubt we'd be able to meet since the teams that arrive in a foreign country to play a game are usually very, very busy with the preperations. While at Luzern, Cagliari, Sassuolo and especially at Udinese I remember how busy we were going to play away in cities. I can only imagine how it is for teams going abroad especially with an important game like CL. I'm unfortunately also pretty busy myself with my job. I'd love to meet him though, but probably wont happen unless I go to Italy. 
Actually I doubt we'd be able to meet since the teams that arrive in a foreign country to play a game are usually very, very busy with the preperations. While at Luzern, Cagliari, Sassuolo and especially at Udinese I remember how busy we were going to play away in cities. I can only imagine how it is for teams going abroad especially with an important game like CL. I'm unfortunately also pretty busy myself with my job. I'd love to meet him though, but probably wont happen unless I go to Italy.
