Massimiliano Allegri appears on course to keep his job as Juventus coach after a trophyless season despite his predecessors both being shown the door after winning trophies.
Maurizio Sarri, in charge for the 2019-20 season, delivered Juve’s last Serie A title to complete nine triumphs in a row.
However, in a season disrupted by the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, the Champions League campaign was played after the league season ended – and a disappointing elimination on away goals at the hands of Lyon in the last-16 spelt the end.
While Juve had won the title, they did so in unconvincing fashion and lost three of their final four matches to eventually finish one point ahead of runners-up Inter.
That season Juve also lost the Coppa Italia final to Sarri’s former club Napoli on penalties.
Sarri was replaced by club legend Andrea Pirlo who only clinched Champions League qualification on the final day of the campaign thanks to Napoli’s home draw against Verona.
Yet he brought success in the in the Supercoppa, with a 2-0 win over Napoli, and Coppa Italia – impressively beating Antonio Conte’s Inter in the semi-finals and then Atalanta in the final.
Like Sarri, Pirlo disappointed in the Champions League as Juve were again eliminated in the last-16 on away goals, this time by FC Porto.
Allegri, re-appointed in 2021 having left in 2019, has failed to better either of his predecessors’ results, suffering defeat to Inter in both the Supercoppa and Coppa Italia final while Juve suffered another disappointing Champions League exit, losing 4-1 on aggregate to Villarreal in the last-16.
The Bianconeri will likely finish fourth in Serie A, though could still clinch third place with two wins from their final two matches, provided Napoli lose both of theirs.