On the bench Juventus, Maurizio Sarri did not survive the elimination in the round of 16 of the Champions League last summer: still a newcomer to the role of coach, the Italian Andrea Pirlo knows that he plays big on Tuesday against Porto after the defeat on the go (2-1).
We know the importance of this match, we can’t miss each other
, admitted Pirlo, 41, before this evening, undoubtedly the most important of his young coaching career. Because an elimination against Porto, at the same stage as last season against Lyon (0-1, 2-1), would clearly be a failure for Juventus, where the revolution in the game requested from Maestro
should not come at the expense of results.
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It’s Juve, it’s normal to have to win. It was the case as a player, it will also be as a coach
, Pirlo himself assured six months ago, a few days before unveiling his coaching suit.
It is not so much the position of Pirlo that seems at stake: nobody imagines the Italian disembarked during the season while the reconstruction site is in full swing and Juve is in contention on all fronts. But rather the credit that can benefit this coach chosen above all for what he had won (almost everything) as a player.
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