Juventus majority proprietor, John Elkann, was in attendance whereas Igor Tudor was making his touchline debut for the Bianconeri.
The Bianconeri sacked Thiago Motta final Sunday on the again of a calamitous run that left the membership out of the Champions League and Coppa Italia, whereas their hopes of ending within the Prime 4 took main hits on the again of embarrassing back-to-back losses to Atalanta and Fiorentina.
Due to this fact, Tudor was known as to revive order in Turin between now and the tip of the season. Furthermore, Juventus Soccer Director Cristiano Giuntoli made it clear that the Croatian might earn himself a everlasting position primarily based on the outcomes and performances he’ll ship within the coming months.
On Saturday, the 46-year-old marked his debut with a 1-0 victory over Genoa, whereas Elkann was noticed within the stands on the Allianz Stadium.
Italian journalist Giovanni Albanese believes the presence of the Exor CEO was no coincidence. Following Motta’s sacking, everybody on the membership has come underneath scrutiny, together with the gamers and high officers. Therefore, Elkann is predicted to maintain a detailed eye on the scenario within the subsequent few months.
“Juve’s pursuit of Bologna’s fourth place is the one clue to bear in mind at the moment: going past that with ideas can be flawed, even when the capital strengthening proposed by Exor, subsequently by the possession, is a good present of power that eliminates doubts concerning the solidity of the membership no matter how the marketing campaign ends,” wrote the journalist in his column for Sportitalia by way of JuventusNews24.
“It’s clear that at this level Elkann desires to see a response from everybody, together with the administration. However the intention is to safe the mission additionally in perspective.”
Therefore, Albanese believes Exor might be keen to inject one other capital enhance to stop to counter the losses that may floor in case the membership misses out on Champions League soccer subsequent season, and thus forestall the sale of high stars.
“The attainable capital strengthening of as much as 110 million, to be recovered if needed with a capital enhance, frees us from the necessity to dump expertise and ensures sources for the market.
“Due to this fact, the tip of the season will serve not solely to do every thing to achieve the Champions League, but additionally to exhibit that the worth of the squad assembled this yr isn’t so removed from the outcomes that have been set firstly of the marketing campaign.
“The managerial change was a last-ditch try to avoid wasting what might be saved, with out margin for error.”