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Teaser - Juventus' Crisis, Napoli Humiliate Lazio, AC Milan Lose, Inter In Scudetto Race (Ep. 174)
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From Juventus crisis on and off the pitch, Napoli humiliating Lazio and AC Milan losing to Sassuolo to Inter being back in the title race, Nima & Carlo unpack all the action from yet another actionpacked Serie A weekend.
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Allegri's Future at Juventus
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Speaker
Okay, so Juve, their difficult season continues. I'm curious to hear what you guys think because now is really when we are starting to see a lot more people
Criticism of Allegri's Performance
00:00:25
Speaker
The following is a clip from this week's Italian football podcast.
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Speaker
get on board with the idea of Allegri being sacked. Do you guys think that's warranted or is it still too early to be having that discussion?
00:00:34
Speaker
Well, if it was anyone else other than Allegri, he would and should be sacked. He's a disaster. Six wins in 14 games, only 18 goals. He's a complete dinosaur, tactically. He's playing Mike Bassett football, 4-4-2, 4-4-2. There's zero signs of improvement.
Financial Constraints on Sacking Allegri
00:00:51
Speaker
The problem is that his contract is around 35 million euros net and Juventus just can't afford to sack him.
00:00:58
Speaker
No, they can't. They can't afford to sack him. And that's why I think it's a moot point discussion.
Is Sacking Allegri Premature?
00:01:03
Speaker
But above all that, I do think that he would be premature to sack him. He's not going to win the... Juventus are going to win the Serie A this season, but I do think that he's good enough to get Juventus to finish in the top four this season. I wouldn't give up on that quite just yet.