Peril or promise ahead for Juventus after the Old Lady?s three-game horror show
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The road ahead is riddled with difficulty, but that presents the Old Lady with an opportunity. I know I?ve used this aphorism to begin a piece before, but repetition be damned: You never step into the same river twice. Thanks for the lede, Heraclitus.
At the beginning of the season, if a magic calcio fairy appeared and asked a room full of Juventus fans whether, after 24 match days, they would accept the position of being in second place in the table with an 11-point lead over fifth place, I bet you 97 or 98 of those fans would?ve happily taken the deal.
But it?s not the beginning of the season. Things change, as our sixth/fifth century BC philosopher friend points out. You win; expectations change. They?re always changing. So while Max Allegri and the eternal optimists can point out ? rightly so ? that Juventus are still on track to squiggle in a big fat checkmark next to their preseason goal, which was presumably just to finish in the top four and secure a Champions League position for the following season, the eternal pessimists can simultaneously be correct when they point out that the good vibrations of January are all but gone. That there is the tension of sports fandom, the bane of loving a team with a bit more success than we might?ve predicted. Instead of three wishes from a genie, we?re left with three questions.
Q: What happened"
A: A very bad sequence in the ring
Instead of competing for t...
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