In his editorial in TJ, Massimo Pavan returned to Juventus’ elimination in the Italian Super Cup to take stock of the season. Here is what he wrote: “The derby with Torino is approaching. For Juventus it is an important test not to say fundamental after the elimination in the Super Cup. A collective suicide after a good first half, just as happened against Fiorentina, double collective suicide after another match played well. A Juventus that ata maintaining the frightening average of two goals conceded per game, avoided only against Monza. Two goals conceded against Milan, Fiorentina, Venezia and Bologna. Frightening numbers.”
Pavan: “Milan primo concorrente per il 4° posto”
Sergio Conceicao, allenatore del Milan
The journalist continued: “Against Torino, Juventus will hopefully be able to give a sign of life, an important signal of reaction, in a match that has often helped to shake up the rest of the season in the past. We remember more than one delicate match with Torino that served as a jolt in the past, this time it will be so and it can only be so with the Bianconeri lineup truly facing a crossroads. The distance to fourth place is not sidereal, but if Fiorentina of late is perhaps less of a concern and Lazio is beginning to pay the toll of injuries, the Milan side that Juventus will face in a few weeks is once again becoming the leading contender for fourth place.
Juventus’ situation seems to be very much tied to constraints of “head,” errors, often individual, denote a confidence that is lacking and that becomes such only with the double advantage, as demonstrated in the championship. The match with the granata therefore takes on the connotation of the first major crossroads of the season to understand where we can go, whether fourth place is still a goal or will become a mirage.”
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