In 4 games Tudor got 7 points, but the detachment from fourth place remained unchanged. And even the defects that had characterized the management of the Italian-Brazilian were not resolved …
Remember the game of the goose? He is almost 500 years old, but his symbolism as a metaphor of life is still very current. When leftovers in the box it seems that everything goes well, but if you understand in that wrong return to the starting point or almost. Here, the last month of Juve was like a cruel game of the goose. A launched departure followed by a sharp braking, which brought the situation back to the starting one.
Juve from Motta to Tudor
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It is March 23 when Igor Tudor officially replaces Thiago Motta on the Juve bench. At that moment the team is back from the defeat of Florence and is fifth in the standings, without one from the fourth Bologna and with an advantage of one and three points respectively on the two chasing Romans. In 29 days, the formation of the Italian-Brazilian had scored 45 goals, conceded 28, of which 7 in the last two releases. A month and four games later, the ranking reads: Bologna 60, Juve and Lazio 59, Rome 57. As in a cruel game of the goose, the bianconeri returned to the starting point. Indeed, if possible worse, because if it is true that the distance from fourth place has remained unchanged, biancocelesti and Giallorossi have gnawed a point each to Tudor’s team.
Tudor’s Juve numbers
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But beyond the ranking, it was the performance that gave the impression of being within a “lectopard” scenario, in which everything has changed (from the module to men) because little (or nothing) really changed. In the 360 ’minutes under the management of the Croatian technician, Juve made 7 points (average of 1.75 per race) scored 4 goals (average: 1 per game) and conceded 3 (average: 0.75). In the 29 games of A with the previous coach, the bianconeri had an average points of 1.79, with 1.55 average goals per match and 0.97 goals conceded on average. In short, the shock seems to have not been there. And so, the atavistic defects of the whole vintage is back to the surface: inconsistent attack, always surprised defense on the high balls and lack of competitive malice. On the scoreboard, only 5 boxes separate Juve from the end of the championship. To save the season, you no longer permitted steps back.
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