Mario Mandzukic
Adriano Bacconi, tactical who has worked in the past with major Italian teams,
as well as with the Italian National team, in occasion the broadcast Il bello del calcio on Canale 21, has spoken about the Italian championship.
Here are, particularly, his words regarding Juventus: “It is strange, only in Italy, teams which play against the strongest, have fear. Juventus usually wins already in beginning, it does not depends by the roster. If we look at the match tactically, for example, Chievo and Pescara have less value, but have a clear way of playing. Well, against Juventus they have changed everything. They have played with three defenders, and with the attacking midfielder to limit a “great footballer” like Hernanes. Instead, against the other teams they conserve their ideas and run fast. It is not the Juve’s mentality that is winning, but it is the mentality of those one who faces Juve that is loser. Then, Juve goes in Europe and makes a fool of itself. In Siviglia for Juventus it will be difficult. Great team in Italy, small in Europe! In Italy it wins easy, but in Europe it finds much more application by the teams“.
Then: “Hernanes for example, if he played ielsewhere, he would make the worst things. I have worked in Inter and I do not manage to work out how it is possible that he plays in Juve now. Lemina in Napoli, Inter or Milan for example, he would play definetely better “.
Performances very different in Italy, compared to those one in Europe. The reasons are three, the opponents’ value, their mentality,