After crashing out of two competitions within the area of every week, Juventus supervisor Thiago Motta is now standing on shaky floor.
The Bianconeri had been dumped out of the Champions League by PSV Eindhoven final week. Whereas the membership’s supporters had been nonetheless struggling to digest the European exit, they had been dealt one other surprising blow on Wednesday night: Juve have been eradicated from Coppa Italia on the hand of Empoli, a membership preventing to keep away from relegation to Serie B.
After the competition, Thiago Motta voiced his irritation with the gamers whereas additionally taking accountability for failing to convey the fitting perspective to his gamers.
“I really feel utterly accountable, I’m ashamed of what we noticed on the pitch. Within the first half, there was a whole lack of the required perspective, it implies that I didn’t convey to the boys what it means to play in a recreation like that in a Juventus shirt.” mentioned the surprised supervisor after the final penalty shoutouts.
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However whereas the gamers had been actually appalling, the voices asking for the 42-year-old’s head are rising louder with each disappointing exhibiting. Furthermore, the membership administrators are not staunchly defending the tactician as they used to earlier within the season.
In response to La Gazzetta dello Sport by way of IlBianconero, Motta could possibly be genuinely sacked on the finish of the season, and the one technique to salvage his stint is by reaching two aims.
At the beginning, he should steer the membership in direction of a Prime 4 end in Serie A to safe Champions League soccer subsequent season and keep away from the disastrous penalties of lacking out on the competitors.
Second, Juventus should ship a strong Membership World Cup marketing campaign subsequent summer time. Whereas setting a precise goal on this explicit goal could possibly be difficult, the administration needs to see performances worthy of the membership’s standing amongst the elite.