After a damning start to the season newly-crowned Serie A champions Juventus went on a remarkable unbeaten run that has seen them win 24 of their last 25 games to lift a fifth successive scudettoThere was not a lot of title talk to be heard in Turin on the morning of 29
October. Juventus had lost 1-0 absent to Sassuolo the night before and,10
games into the novel season, found themselves adrift in the bottom half of
the table. They were already 11 points behind the league leaders, and Roma.
“Is this even Juve?” demanded the front page of Tuttosport,whilst Gazzetta dello Sport pondered the symbolism of this defeat. Massimiliano Allegri had been fired as Milan manager in 2014 following a
loss in Sassuolo, and now the pink paper asked whether his hopes of winning
back-to-back titles with Juventus had died at the hands of the same opponents. Never in the history of Serie A had a team won the scudetto after starting so poorly. Juventus had 12 points to point to for their opening 10 games – their lowest tally at that stage since the introduction of three points for a win. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com