A humiliation. This is how Bianconeri supporters experienced their team’s defeat against Fiorentina this Sunday, at the Allianz Stadium (0-2). Beaten at home in a crucial match for the race for the Champions League, the Old Lady players left the pitch to a huge response from their supporters. After the final whistle, the players were called to the front of the Curva by furious supporters. Loud whistles and hostile songs, notably a very clear “get out!” » resounded throughout the stadium against the players and the technical staff.
Supporters above all criticize the group for its lack of character and the lack of reaction at a key moment of the season. Because before the last day of the Italian championship, Juventus is in sixth place in Serie A and no longer has its destiny in its hands to secure a place in the Champions League. To achieve this, we will first have to beat Torino in a hot trip for the derby and hope for a misstep from Como (which faces Cremonese) and AS Roma (against Verona) or AC Milan (against Cagliari). Clearly, Juve already has one foot in the Europa League.
The Allianz Stadium collapsed
For the Gazzetta dello Sportthis new failure calls into question a large part of the Turin project, both on a sporting and managerial level. Arriving with the minimum objective of reaching the round of 16 of the Champions League and qualifying Juve for the next edition, Luciano Spalletti failed on all counts, also eliminated in the Italian Cup. “I have to take stock, because I have to bring something different. I’ll be talking to John Elkann this week. The season was great, but we weren’t able to seize the key moments to make it a truly exceptional season.”he explained at a press conference.
Joined by Manuel Locatelli, who understands the boos and protests from the stadium: “It’s normal for them to boo and protest. If we play like that, it’s normal that they boo us, it’s always the pitch that speaks for itself. We had a goal: if we don’t achieve it, it’s normal for people to boo and protest.”. The Italian press adds that internally, the criticism also affects the sports management and particularly the work of Damien Comolli, responsible for the reconstruction of the technical sector and the transfer window. The investments made in recent months are now being called into question, but there will be one last day to avoid the worst…
