Capello insists that the Motta system that has brought him success with Bologna will not work at Juve.
He wrote in La Gazzetta Dello Sport: “Juventus lacks balance and this makes them too vulnerable. Motta changed their attitude against Empoli. The team rightly tried to play more vertically to speed up the game. Atypical skills of Zirkzee.
“This strategy also worked in Bologna because of the attitude of the opponents, who were certainly less closed and more proactive, compared to the type of competitions that Juventus has to deal with.
“At Juve you have to take more risks, you have to find a way to be less readable. The thirteen draws in the competition are also the result of this attitude: points that have fallen through the road because of an obvious approach. Motta would not hesitate to change course, also because he has no shortage to speed up the elements.”
Capello continued: “Of course a change in mentality is also needed. And here too the work of the coach is essential. Stimuli are not necessary if you are confronted with large competitions, they are much more necessary if the result seems obvious and you run the risk of underestimating the opponent. A team does not engage as a light switch: the management of the coach is fundamental.”
In the end he concluded: “Then there is another problem of vital importance. The market has not returned as much as hoped and above all, for what was invested. The management and the technical area have to think deeply about the choices made.
“Moral: the club has decided to start a new trip with Thiago Motta, but now everyone has to prove that they are worth Juve. From the players to the coach. And not just them.”
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