Juventus president Andrea Agnelli is 'ashamed' and 'angry' after defeat to Maccabi Haifa in the Champions League. But Juve are backing manager Massimiliano Allegri despite the fury of fans. JamesHorncastle explains why...
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chairman Andrea Agnelli fears are losing interest in sport weren’t around in 1958 when Austria’s now-defunct Wiener Sport-Club inflicted a stinging 7-0 defeat on the Italian side and knocked them out of the European Cup. There was no social media in those days. No #BrocicOut hashtags aimed at then-coach Ljubisa, like the ones that trend for Massimiliano Allegri now whenever Juventus lose.disgrace away to Maccabi Haifa of Israel, this isn’t the worst Juventus team ever.
They haven’t gone 20 years without a Scudetto, a drought that ended shortly after the Agnelli family acquired the club a century ago. They haven’t been relegated to Serie B in scandal either. Rather than brook comparison with the lowest of the low moments in club history, the source of disquiet is the Icarus-esque heights they have recently hit.
Towards the end of Juventus’ record run of nine league titles in a row from 2011-12, the club’s then-chief football officer Fabio Paratici opined that fans and media alike would only appreciate what a feat it was in 20 or 30 years’ time; the undefeated season , the 102-point, win-every-home-game season , the two Champions League finals in four seasons , theEven winning wasn’t enough.
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