Former Milan supervisor Arrigo Sacchi factors the finger at Juventus gamers when making an attempt to elucidate the membership’s underwhelming marketing campaign below Thiago Motta.
The Bianconeri are fourth in Serie A, however a win over Hellas Verona may revive their Scudetto hopes regardless of drawing 13 instances in 26 league outings.
However other than their Serie A woes, Juve suffered back-to-back eliminations from cup competitions in surprising style. Solely per week after crashing out of the Champions League by the hands of PSV Eindhoven, they crashed out of the Coppa Italia following an embarrassing defeat at dwelling in opposition to Empoli who prevailed within the penalty shootouts.
Due to this fact, Motta’s place is now not as safe because it was not so way back. Many sources consider the supervisor should end within the High 4 and revel in a good Membership World Cup marketing campaign if he needs to keep away from the sack on the finish of the season.
Nonetheless, Sacchi continues to defend the 42-year-old, as a substitute blaming the gamers’ perspective for the membership’s shortcomings.
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The legendary Italian tactician suggests some gamers are inclined to turn out to be a bit complacent after securing a switch to Juventus, shedding the starvation and willpower that earned the massive transfer within the first place.
“Thiago Motta is a tough employee, nevertheless it appears to me that he ended up in an setting the place the gamers consider they’ve already reached their end line,” he instructed La Gazzetta dello Sport (through JuventusNews24).
“I don’t see, of their conduct on the pitch, that humility and spirit of sacrifice which can be mandatory to attain success. At Juve, they tried to make a cultural revolution, however they now discover themselves in the midst of the Ford.”
Juventus have determined to carry a retreat following their shambolic show in opposition to Empoli, so it stays to be seen if the crew will emerge extra united.