The challenge is size for Thiago Motta in Turin. After two seasons in Bologna, including one concluded in fifth place in the Serie A ranking, the Italian coach, who arrived at the head of Juventus last summer, still has an important compensation to cross.
Indeed, at the helm of the old lady, the Italian coach encounters much more difficulty finding the right formula to chain successes with the Bianconeri, while imposing his paw. For former coach Fabio Capello, also passed on the Banc de la Juve, his compatriot must review his tactical device, without necessarily housing it on the one he used with the Rossoblù.
“A team does not light up and does not go out as a switch”
“In Bologna, Motta's game was based on a patient construction that accelerated in the last meters thanks to the atypical characteristics of Zirkzee. This Bologna strategy also worked thanks to the attitude of the opponents, which were certainly less closed and more proactive, compared to the type of matches with which Juventus is confronted. (…) At Juve, you have to take more risks, you have to find the way to be less readable. The thirteen draws in the championship are also the result of this attitude: points left on the move due to an overly predictable device. Motta should not hesitate to change course, especially because it does not lack elements to speed up the game ”explains the 78 -year -old tactician.
“Of course, a change in mentality is also necessary. And there too the technician's work is essential. Keep a high motivation even after being eliminated from the Champions League. The stimuli are not necessary when you prepare big games, they are much more necessary when the victory seems obvious and you risk underestimating your opponent. A team does not light up and does not go out as a switch: the management of the coach is fundamental ”concluded Capello.
