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    CM EXCLUSIVE Pippo Russo: 'Juve are unrecognizable'

    CM EXCLUSIVE Pippo Russo: 'Juve are unrecognizable'

    • Pippo Russo translated by M.G.
    There are things that you would never expect from a club like Juve, a team always careful to cultivate its image. And yet the impression now is that the club’s executive board is out of control. Of course, getting a season wrong can happen to anybody. But those are the kinds of situation where you can evaluate the executives’ ability. And punishing the team after the game lost to Sassuolo with a forced ritiro (camp) was a bad mistake. Who do they think they are, former Perugia president Luciano Gaucci?

    President Andrea Agnelli was right when he said that being in 14th place in Serie A is not worthy of Juve’s identity. But, unfortunately for him, he’s gained very little for his efforts, as the team went on to lose to Sassuolo. He should probably try again.

    Moreover, it is unacceptable that the president of another club –Palermo’s Maurizio Zamparini- sticks his nose into Juve’s business. Zamparini has repeatedly attacked Bianconeri boss Massimiliano Allegri regarding Paulo Dybala. As anticipated by calciomercato.com, the Sicilian club’s number one is likely worried about the €8 million bonus Palermo will be paid if Dybala plays a predetermined number of games. In any case, there was a time not so long ago when something like this would never have happened.

    No, this isn’t the Juve style. Catania, Perugia or Viterbese, sure, but not Juve. Moreover, considering the numbers of games the Bianconeri have played in the last weeks, punishing the team with a forced ritiro ( camp) seems useless. Maybe, faced with a similar problem, Gaucci himself wouldn’t have opted for one.

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