Following their loss against Benevento, Del Piero has taken a look at Juventus and has his say on why they have struggled this season.
Juventus legend has named ‘lack of unity and concentration’ as the major reason his former side have struggled this season.
Despite the fact that Pirlo was a ‘rookie’ manager, there was an air of optimism when he was appointed Juventus manager. Fast-forward to the present and that faith in their former player has not played out well at all.
Under the guidance of Pirlo, the Bianconeri are actually facing the prospect of missing out on a Serie A title, something they have dominated for more than a decade now. They find themselves 10 points behind current leaders Inter.
On the continental scene, it has not been any better, with Juventus suffering a shock exit at the hands of Porto. The latest blow for the Serie A giants came in their first-ever loss against Benevento on Sunday.
Not many would know about Juventus as well as Del Piero and the 46-year-old has given an insight on his former side’s problems this season.
“A lot of things are going wrong,” Del Piero said to ESPN.
“What happened today, the mistake by Arthur, it’s not what you need to be focusing on, but the fact is that it happened in the Champions League against Porto too.”
“This lack of, I don’t know what to call it, concentration, or being clear in your mind about what you have to do and how you have to deal with different stuff, it’s worrying. And the result is worrying.”
Speaking further on their problems, Del Piero pins Juventus’ struggles to one thing.
“I spoke a lot about unity, about Napoli and Roma. You would hear me talking about that a lot because, in order to win, you need to have something more than the other ones” he continued.
“When you build a team, you have a lot of different situations, players, club, coaching, conditions, talent, you know, a mix of everything.”
“You need to put it all together at the same time. That’s when it becomes unity.”
“What’s happened at Juve now, is a lot of confusion. When you see them play, it doesn’t look like they are together in what they are doing.”
“Everyone gives their maximum, because that’s what Juventus push you to do, but they are disconnected.”
“You can’t lose a game like today. The game was very poor. Benevento didn’t win for three months, never won away.”
“They already drew at Benevento’s home. It’s, I want to use the word weird, but it’s something more, unfortunately for Juve.”
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