Can Thiago Motta’s Juventus really believe in the Scudetto? The focus dedicated to the Bianconeri of provides a dry and precise answer
Juventus, Thiago Motta condannato: lo scudetto è un miraggio
Out of the Super Cup, the Coppa Italia and even the Champions League, yet Juventus could still win the Scudetto. It has been a crazy season for the Bianconeri, who, with 11 days left in Serie A, find themselves -6 from leading Inter, -5 from second-placed Napoli and -3 from third-placed Atalanta. At the same time, behind them is a Lazio chasing fourth place just 2 points behind.
Never in the three-point era of the Italian league has there been only a 6-point gap between fourth and first after 27 days. A figure that highlights the unpredictability of this year, in which Thiago Motta could write an unpredictable page, after what happened in the cups only in the past few weeks. But can the former midfielder really win the championship?
Juventus, la storia non aiuta: i precedenti condannano Motta
This question is answered by recent history. In fact, we decided to devote a focus to Juventus, analyzing the past 4 seasons and comparing them with the current one. From the year 2020/21, the first in which the Bianconeri did not win the championship again, to the current one, where the team finds itself fourth with 52 points. As we shall see, not the worst result after 27 rounds.
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With a jump backwards, we go back to 4 years ago, when Andrea Pirlo sat on the Juventus bench and his team was second, -7 from first place with 58 points. More than the current ones, but with a bigger gap from the top. How did it turn out? Juve finished the season fourth, 13 points behind Inter who won that championship.
In the following season, the first of Allegri bis, the Tuscan coach did even worse than Thiago Motta, collecting 50 points after 27 rounds. That Juve was fourth like the current one, still -7 from the top, but closed to -16 from champion Milan, remaining in fourth place.
A year later, due to the penalty, the Bianconeri found themselves sixth at -15 from Napoli. A drubbing that will not get the team back up again, finishing seventh at -28. What about last season? After 27 games, Juventus was second but -15 behind runaway Inter. The championship ended with a third-place finish 23 points behind the Nerazzurri.
Thiago Motta, therefore, still seems doomed. The -6 is the smallest gap from the top at this point in the season in the last 4 years, but the recent past shows that it may not be enough. Next day, against Atalanta, will be the needle of the scales for the Bianconeri. In the event of a draw and a win by Inter, a train may have been lost. Defeat would doom Juve. A win, on the other hand, would keep hopes open for a while longer.
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