Juventus fans are jokingly engaging in ‘Landuccimania’ after two excellent performances under Max Allegri’s assistant manager Marco Landucci.
The understudy took centre stage last week in a thrilling comeback from 3-1 down to beat Roma 4-3 in Serie A.
He was back on the touchline again for last night’s 4-1 Coppa Italia win over Udinese in Turin.
These have been easily the two best Juve performances of recent months, prompting some to suggest having Allegri sitting out a ban might not be so bad for the team.
They have jokingly dubbed it Landuccimania, with memes referencing the movie La La Land and suggesting in seven years’ time we’ll see Landucci like Pep Guardiola with a cupboard full of trophies behind him.
“With Landucci we get goals from Rugani, De Sciglio and score directly from a free kick. What are we waiting for to give him the bench permanently?”
Some were a little more specific, listening to the things the two tacticians tended to shout from the touchline during games.
Allegri: ‘Calm down!’
Landucci: ‘Faster!’