Massimo Mauro: “Juve incomplete, 2 champions are missing. And Pio Esposito was needed”

“Juventus is at the same point as a month ago, but has a coach who has not made a mistake. He’s there to solve the team’s problems.” Massimo Mauro, 150 appearances and two titles with Juventus, vote Igor Tudor. With a transfer market never taken off, according to Mauro the Croatian “he treated everyone in the same way and more than that he cannot do. It will be a difficult Juve to beat, he will have pride and enthusiasm as by old habits, as is in his DNA: this will be the guarantee of a good championship when the team is complete, in a market with so many difficulties in buying and selling”.

48 hours after his debut, Juve added David and Joao Mario in the squad: too little?

“To fight against Inter and Naples yes, for the first 4-6 places it is enough. On the Naples and Inter card they seem stronger than everyone, as it has been for a few years”.

Where is there more need for reinforcements, to get closer to them?

“In midfield, strong substitutes like the owners are needed. But I trust a lot of the stability that Tudor’s game can give to a group with these characteristics. Juventus can become the breed of the two favorites, a surprise as Atalanta has been in recent years. If the goals come from David and his substitute … by the way, his replacement can be Vlahovic and the attitude of Tudor is allowing him to play and Also well.

Here, how should Dusan be managed in this situation?

“As Tudor has done so far: until it is, Vlahovic is the best of all, the place is played. Any player, whether it is expiring or has the long contract, when he takes the field he plays to give his best: his future depends on the goals that he will make this year. If Tudor will have to put a center forward in the last 20 minutes, he will host Vlahovic even if he is at the end of the contract”.

What are the major challenges for Tudor in this start?

“The rose is of excellent level, he lacks a champion in attack, one in midfield and we see if Bremer and cats will be those of the defense – I think so – I would like Yildiz and Thuram to become it, the features have them. Kenan must become more reflective and play with more class. The game must depend on him and not only in the last 16 meters. He must go a little slower, to think more and to become a reference for his companions. Thuram has the stature of the great midfielder, he too must be a reference.

Randal Kolo Muani is worth this very long pursuit?

“I like Atalanta that Krstovic took: he is hungry to become very strong, he has the malice and football ignorance of the center forward, understood how to pull on the door and make goals without looking at anyone. Kolo Muani does not seem better than Vlahovic, but you have to live certain situations to understand them”.

Without French, David will be the owner on Sunday. Impressions after a month of Juve?

“I can’t wait to see him, if he is the Juventus center forward he must be strong. The inverted goal was a good opportunity that has been created, but I want to see him more”.

Do you like the backward kopmeiners in the median?

“The player we saw in Bergamo was a universal midfielder, so it does not seem to me a position problem. Last year it was the one that suffered most of all the tactical and technical tourbillon of the coach and society. He has class, shot and race: I would put him everywhere in midfield. With Thuram and Locatelli plus Yildiz, is a great midfield”.

To conclude, what name would he suggest to Juventus?

“I was seeing Catanzaro-Spezia and Pio Esposito had scored a goal that just threw the door down. Once even the great teams risked on a young man: I know it is difficult, but a risk every now and then must be taken given the difficulties on the market. Here, Juventus is missing just one like him”.