Pirlo with this same squad would have finished in the Conference League position. The Pirlo revisionism is hilarious.
Come on
Being in the side which support Allegri continue as Juve coach for next season doesn't mean you should undermine Pirlo's achievement.
He came with short pre-season due to covid postponement in previous season. It was also his first season as manager. His important signing is Chiesa, McKennie, and Morata (loan). All of his signings has a good season. We still in contention for Serie A and CHL in Winter Mercato. That time we approach for ST Scamacca which thought too expensive at the time.
While now we have luxury to invest in Vlahovic. Locatelli came in the summer. Yes, difference is CR7, but we could also say that for Man Utd. They got CR7 and his 18 PL + 6 CHL goal but still overall they performed worse than last year without him.
Result wise we also did better in Pirlo's season. Better Point, Goal Scored and Goal Difference, Title Achievement, Record against Big Teams (Inter, Milan, Napoli, Atalanta). He beat Conte's Inter in Coppa and Serie A, He lost in CHL against Porto due to Goal Difference in ET (not 0-3 at home)
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I still don’t know why we look like a pub team when it comes to fitness levels ( also on a technical perspective but that’s another issue

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We don’t press, we can’t soak pressure, we are mentally fragile, we sit to deep and we have a billion injuries and look dead tired.
Theres something really off with the squad and it’s not only the players. Allegri needs to be blamed and to be honest his team never peaked or improved over the season.
People wanted Ronaldo gone and now take his departure as an excuse to why Allegri performed worser that Pirlo. Yet we invested 150 mio or more in the summer and winter mercato. Pirlo was sacked for less, so he should leave too! There is no signs of improvement nor any gameplan. And to put the cherry on the cake the only player that was worth to be a juventino just left…Dark times ahead…
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Sit deep and soak pressures is definitely Allegri's way of football even in his first tenure here. You can also see here to refresh
At that time he surrounded by the right players. BonBon-Chiello still in his prime, Pogba/Khedira/Vidal as midfield with eye for goals, Pjanic to set tempo and key passes, Mandz with his intellegent playing back from the goal, Even Higuain and Tevez is more experienced and far more comfortable to shoot outside the box, play with their back from the goal.
But now the question that other teams (Milan, Inter) improving compare in the past. Will his tactics still work for this era while others start to play high pressing football with emphasize on player's quality for 1-on-1 situation?
So far, it doesn't work good but if we continue with him, i expect we got players that fit his styles. Or at least he can adapt with a new way of football