Juventus knocked out of the Champions League, Pirlo is afraid of being fired

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Juventus again failed in the Champions League. However, the Juventus coach Andrea Pirlo not afraid of being fired.

Juventus steps on Champions League 2020/2021 season only until the last 16. The Bianconeri were eliminated by Porto dramatically.

After losing 1-2 at Porto, Juventus won 3-2 in the second leg of the Champions League last 16 at Allianz Stadium, Wednesday (10/3/2021) early morning Western Indonesian Time. Although the aggregate is as strong as 4-4, Cristiano Ronaldo et al have to lift their suitcase because they lose the productivity of away goals.

This means Juventus have always been eliminated in the last 16 of the Champions League in the last two seasons. Last season, they were stopped by representatives of France, Olympique Lyon.

That failure in the Champions League last season led to Maurizio Sarri’s dismissal. is Andrea Pirlo worried about the same fate as its predecessor? The 41-year-old coach admits that he is not worried about his position.

“I don’t know why Sarri was dismissed. I am the coach of Juventus, I was brought in for a broader approach, a project that has always meant developing for several years, so I am not worried,” Pirlo said. Sky Sport Italy.

Pirlo was just appointed as coach of the Juventus first team at the start of the 2020/2021 season. So far, Juventus still has the chance to win the Coppa Italia and Italian League.

In the Italian League, Juventus is currently ranked third in the standings with 52 points from 25 matches. However, they are quite far behind, which is 10 points, from Inter Milan who are at the top.

“I spoke to Agnelli at the end of the match. We talked about the future, he told me that the project had just started,” Pirlo added at the press conference as quoted. Football Italia.

“We are all disappointed. We want to qualify, but I don’t think this is the end of a cycle, the cycle has just started and whoever will be a part of this in the future will be proud,” he said. Pirlo.

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