Juventus’ problem is one of continuity of play and the inability to break out of the insecurities brought about by the reduced quality of some players. Juventus’ DNA is to play to win the competitions it participates in, starting with the individual games. Not only the past but also the recent history of 10 consecutive championships are proof of this.
In winning teams when there are problems of lack of commitment or fears emerge, it usually happens that the most representative players talk in the locker room or the coach himself and these problems are solved as pride, the desire to win and the will to prove that one is superior to these difficulties are leveraged. This is what is not currently happening in Juventus, as it is a team almost entirely devoid of champions and where many of the starters have never won anything.
In turn of Allegri was used to working with players who were easy to talk to, explain what was expected and they put it into action. Having Juventus now have players who are not used to winning but feel an obligation to do so by wearing this jersey, the mental block and insecurity manifest themselves as the gap between how they evaluate themselves and expectations is too wide.
Allegri’s leadership style is not tuned to leading a group, lacking leaders, that starts well in games but then fades away. The reason is that those who lead excellent groups have difficulty leading teams that instead repetitively lose. This is an interesting issue I was confronted with when I went from working with winning athletes to athletes who did not have this mindset.
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