Juventus – a mess.The Old Lady were given the best chance to win the scudetto, and they are in seventh place in Serie A. They have tied three matches without a win, and there is no indication that they will get out of the crisis. The players are not progressing, Paul Pogba got injured, and how frustrated Angel Di Maria is best illustrated by the red card away at Monza.The Bianconeri lack creation and imagination, Massimiliano Allegri’s machinery is far from oiled up. They are attacked by fans, club figures and key players in championship seasons. Former Juve midfielder Claudio Marchisio is among the loudest.”We have reached the bottom. We played in Serie B and after several good seasons in Serie A we finished in seventh place in two consecutive campaign”, Marchisio began the story and looked back on the complete cycle that Juventus went through:”We started well, and then collapsed in January. Incomprehensible. We had a kind of stomach ache, we couldn’t get the results we wanted. It was difficult to understand that, we trained well, we were a unique team… Then Conte arrived. He found a chord for us, touched the soul of the team, especially among players who have already won trophies”.##NAJAVA_MECA_6666919##Antonio Conte injected the Juventus players with an adrenaline injection, with blood hitting their eyes. They were hungry for victory, they were rabid on the field. That’s gone now.”He asked us: ‘Is it really you? Is that really you?’ This is Juventus, we have to go back and spit blood on the pitch. We have to go back to where we belong”.Even during the championship seasons, the Old Lady went through a turbulent period, one game was able to turn the season upside down. Sometimes all you need is an initial cap… Exactly what the Bianconeri lack now.”We were lucky that season, but sometimes you need a turning point, a game that changes the season.”Antonio Conte won three scudettos with Juventus and left the club in the 2014/2015 pre-season. Massimiliano Allegri sat on the vacant bench, he continued where his predecessor left off, but in 2015/2016 he faced big problems. A terrible start and a fire extinguished the triumph in the Turin derby.🗣 Marchisio: “The problem isn’t the loss, theres a disconnect between the team, the coach & the club. Allegri has returned with a big contract & after choices made over time, one mistake after another, we’re watching a weak team that has not grown since the start of the year.” pic.twitter.com/UBPw2OPa5B— Italian Football News 🇮🇹 (@footitalia1) September 19, 2022 And again Max Allegri is here, and again the start is very bad. Perhaps the fire will be ignited in the approaching Milan derby. There won’t be a better opportunity for a “boom” in the near future.”We were afraid that we would go back to the past”, admits Marchisio and adds:”We had a terrible start, we were not in a good position, but the Turin derby changed everything. I believe that something like that could happen, that detail best sums up Juventus’ period”.The question is whether this Juventus team is capable of turning the season in its favor, of coming together.”If the team is truly unique, if the group is strong enough, the players and the coach can find the key to ending the crisis in the club. Even without great performances. It is part of Juventus’ DNA, the most important thing is togetherness”, Marchisio knows the key to getting out of the crisis period, but there is also a noticeable doubt.Claudio Marchisio is not convinced that this time again Juventus under the baton of Max Allegri will “see through” after a desperate start. It’s as if the DNA is lost… And a year ago he wondered about the same thing.
