Maurizio Sarri at Juventus - A mismatch?

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Let's roll it back to Juve's previous manager, Max Allegri.

Allegri took over from Conte in 2014. He not only guided Juve to their 4th consecutive Serie A title but also led them to their 1st ever Champions League final in 12 years.

All this in his first season in charge.

During his tenure at Juve which lasted 5 seasons, Allegri secured:

5/5 Scudettos
4/5 Coppa Italias

But most remarkably, he reached 2 CL finals in his first 3 years, something Juve hadn't achieved even once since 2003.

After all this success, one may wonder why Juve parted ways with Allegri.

They may have won a lot domestically, but there was still a question mark on Juventus when it comes to Europe. They haven't felt the European glory for 24 years and counting.

The Old Lady replaced Allegri with a football philosopher in Maurizio Sarri.

Despite not much on Sarri's CV except a Europa gold medal, the chairman Andrea Agnelli barked up the wrong tree which is proving to be right currently.

Sarri is renowned because of the philosophy he implied in Napoli, which emerged in beautiful and entertaining football.

So what is Sarriball basically?

Sarriball isn't rocket science as many think, it refers to an attacking style of play which based on retention of possession.

Building from the back, pressing the opponent high up the pitch while maintaining the high line in defence and quick interchanges in the final third, all these features which revolves mostly around positional play concludes Sarriball.

Like every other style of play, there are certain demands for Sarriball that needs to be met. The system demands high technical and mobile players as we saw in Napoli. Players with great tactical awareness who are comfortable on the ball & can circulate it quickly would thrive.

Even with Chelsea, Sarri managed to lay the foundation of Sarriball by the end of the season.

Although he was stubborn at times with his system but Chelsea did start playing his kind of football after all.

In contradiction, that's not the case with Juve's squad. Their midfield lacks technicality while their full-backs are washed-up.

In fact, Sarri had to deploy 4-4-2 instead of his usual 4-3-3 out of necessity due to Douglas Costa's injury and the lack of wide players at Juve.

People have jumped on the bandwagon and Sarri's been getting unfair criticism lately. (People is me btw)

Sarri is being painted as the scapegoat, while the BODs are often left out from this discussion. The lack of management and planning in Juventus is as clear as daylight.

The average squad age of Juve this season is 29.7 years, which is ridiculous.

11 players are atleast 30+ while 4 are about to be 30. A crazy figure of 15, which pretty much sums up my point of board's lack of competence and disruptive approach which is concerning.

They may have won their 9th Scudetto in a row, but this one has to be their most unconvincing one out of them all 9.

Signing Ronaldo & De Ligt was ambitious of Juve in pursuit of their CL dream but they must be wondering now whether hiring Sarri was a wise move or not.

Questions are starting to arise.

Is Sarri the right man for Juventus? Should he continue next season? Would Juventus adapt to Sarriball?

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