The resounding defeat of Juventus vs Maccabi Haifa it was a terrible blow to the Bianconeri. Maybe just a confirmation of what is really happening within the group trained by Massimiliano Allegri. A team that seems exhausted, poor of ideas and almost apathetic, that practically threw every chance to the wind to hope for a qualification for the round of 16 of the Champions League – by a hair – and that is a long way from the high Serie A. So at the end of the game, from Haifa, Andrea Agnelli’s harsh message immediately arrived: “What a shame”. The Juventus president certainly does not order them to say:
“This is the time to take responsibility, I’m here for this and because I’m ashamed – he said in front of Sky cameras – I’m definitely angry, but I’m aware that football is a team sport, you win and lose in eleven and from this beginning we must begin again”. Agnelli referred to the team spirit being rediscovered and therefore what better way to get that team back than to retire until the derby against Turin. In fact, it was Allegri himself who announced live: “Starting tomorrow (today ed) everyone in retreat at Continassa until the derbyit’s a duty to the club, the fans and ourselves”. But in the last few hours something has changed.
Images of the Juventus bus returning from the trip to Haifa immediately circulated on social media and all the fans strongly commented that it was necessary to go to the retreat at this time. But Juventus would have changed the program a bit. In fact, the team will split up tonight and everyone will sleep in their houses and won’t return to Continassa until tomorrow. At this point, there were only two days left until Saturday’s match against Juric’s Grenade, and indeed, retirement would be a two-day “mini-retreat”.
Practically one more than usual when the team on the eve of a match stays together in the hotel of the Juventus sports center when they are called to play outside Turin. One more sign of confusion which further baffles the Juventus folks who expected a strong punch from the club and no longer a concession to a team that is not performing as expected. And to think that Allegri, precisely because he related to the importance of retirement, had underlined a concept after the race:
“We have to go back to playing as a team, because we play a lot individually.” What better time then, if not to retire at this difficult time, to go back to being a team and forming a group. And to think that these words were said by the coach just 24 hours ago and after this short period of time, the club’s initial decision has already been changed.“I speak of a group, there are no individual responsibilities” instead, Agnelli explained, commenting to himself, pretty much the same concept. It will be important to understand, at this point, whether the mini-retreat will be useful for this Juve…
Source: Fan Page IT
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