There was a reason we parted ways and it wasnt all down to transfers and resources despite what some may claim. Of course he's fallible, made a many mistakes on the way, but there are very few out there who made less in a season. He really looked burned out come midway through that season, and i'm sure with the break his had, his come back better and refreshed.
In Allegri's own words from the first leg:
""But we conceded the first shot on goal after 37 minutes and it came out of nowhere. We were feeling greater fear of defeat at half-time than we should've done. It was difficult to explain,"
and in the second leg:
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"In the first half we put our opponents in difficulty, we also played a good match, but football is crazy: we conceded a fairly fortuitous goal, after we got stretched out in the second half and should’ve had a different approach.”
Allegri added: “We should have played a different game, but they deserved it. In the second half we broke up, we often threw the ball away, which favoured Ajax with his technique. We tried to have more depth, but with the result that we were less compact; moreover, we gifted some actions, such as that of the second goal: in a quarter-final, it cannot be done"
He knows he messed up then. Full respect to Ajax though, they were no college team, sorry buts thats just laughable. Ajax were sensational that tournament and we're really unlucky against spuds. That said, I'm confident Allegri has learnt some of his mistakes, what was refreshing in his comments last week was the fact he mentioned the word "enthusiasm" to me, thats exactly the way the boys should start, we need to kill off the pressure and enjoy football, something we struggle to do especially in europe due to the failures from the past.