Juventus” data-scaytid=”1″>Juventus director general Beppe Marotta has praised the club’s new Coach Massimiliano Allegri for his impressive start to the season.
Juventus director general Beppe Marotta has praised the club’s new Coach Massimiliano Allegri for his impressive start to the season.
Allegri replaced the popular figure of Antonio Conte in the summer and has begun his tenure at the Bianconeri impressively, with four straight wins and four clean sheets, silencing opposition to his appointment in the process.
“After what Conte did here the scepticism over Allegri was understandable,” began Marotta today on Radio Anch’io lo Sport.
“When replacing a Coach who has won three successive Scudetti and set so many records the backlash can be negative.
“This is because the Coach is the leader of the group, but I believe also that behind the Coach and the team there has to be a strong club with the right to support the role of the Coach.
“We have to give great credit to Allegri – he did well at Milan and was not an unknown when he arrived.
“He won the Scudetto in his first year, he is a winner and when we gave him the squad we did it responsibly, knowing that he had the right attributes to coach Juventus.”
After such a successful start to the season, Marotta was also questioned on how he saw the season ahead panning out and what would be his preferred outcome.
“The indications from the start of the season are that it is between Juve and Roma – securing nine points in three matches says that we are top level sides and serious candidates for the Scudetto.
“If I had to choose between the fourth Scudetto in a row and the Champions League, I would say the latter.
“It is something so extraordinary that I would willingly chase it. But if I could, I would choose both.”