Juventus

Despite all the drama, what was once again on full display is the inescapable fact that Max Allegri is simply not delivering results.

In doing so, he has turned Wednesday’s clash with the Portuguese giants a publicly held test of his ability to deliver results. Allegri has spoken repeatedly about the young players in the squad, yet only 19-year-old Fabio Miretti falls into that category, and it was 34-year-old Cuadrado who made the key error. But as Milik made his way off the pitch, the video assistant referee told the on-field official that he needed to review a possible offside against Bonucci because VAR can only make objective decisions and there was a subjective call to be made on whether the Juve skipper was interfering with play. Indeed, Candreva was cast off by Sampdoria this past summer, Fazio by AS Roma, Krzysztof Piątek is on loan from Hertha Berlin after Fiorentina turned down the chance to sign him following a spell there last season. Then Candreva scored following a horrendous error from Cuadrado, and suddenly Juve fell to pieces. I don't like being 'pretty' and not winning." Gleison Bremer’s powerful header gave them hope and then, as Leonardo Bonucci slotted home the rebound after his penalty effort was saved by Luigi Sepe, the belief at Juventus Stadium skyrocketed. According to To see such a side come to Turin and be so well organised, to play with such conviction and belief is a huge testament to the work of Davide Nicola, a vastly underrated Coach who constantly gets the most from every player at his disposal. To go behind in a match, even against the run of play, is simply part of the game. Make no mistake, this was a side who dominated Juve for an extended period and who – like PSG before them – were unfortunate not to be much further ahead as they headed to the changing rooms at the break. Heard shouted from the stands, emblazoned on scarves and shirts, it translates into English as “until the end” and is the unofficial motto of Juventus, a clarion call to never stop fighting until the final whistle is blown.

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Meanwhile, the man who has moved into his old gaff, Graham Potter, says it was [the owners’ “vision”](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/sep/12/graham-potter-convinced-to-join-chelsea-by-owners-vision-for-the-club) that persuaded him to take over on a deal worth more than £50m. 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After the Queen spoke to him and moved on to the next in the line, he called after her: ‘Excuse me your Majesty …’ Jaws dropped all round and an awkward silence ensued as the assembled waited to see what would happen next. You don’t often get things wrong (he lied, trying to curry a favourable reaction) but, may I be just one of thousands of Leeds United pedants and pensioners who distinctly remember Queen Elizabeth II handing over the FA Cup to Billy Bremner at the end of the Centenary Cup final in 1972. So 1996 wasn’t her first football match after 1966” – John Delucchi (and thousands of other Leeds United pedants and pensioners). “I recall the late comedian Tom O’Connor telling a wonderful story about the Queen going down the line after a Royal Variety show at which he was present. Among the flurry of feet stamped and arms raised in indignation from the cloud of the ensuing cartoon fistfight, a lone hand of increasingly diminishing authority could occasionally be seen repeatedly brandishing a red card. But with Salernitana’s gutted players preparing to kick off, referee Matteo Marcenaro was advised by the curtain-twitchers at Parco di Stocklioni to adjourn to his monitor and check for a possible offside by Bonucci, just as Milik had headed goalwards. With many of their fans having already exited in disgust, Leonardo Bonucci, 73, displayed agility and sprightliness unbecoming of a man of his years, to acrobatically turn home the rebound to a penalty originally saved by Salernitana keeper Luigi Sepe. To Turin, then, where out-of-sorts and struggling Juventus were on the brink of an embarrassing home defeat to Plucky Little Salernitana, trailing 2-1 in the third minute of added time. With games on the continent taking place as usual, there were no shortage of options to put the VAR-related omnishambles of the Premier League behind them, watching matches from various leagues where it is always implemented correctly and quickly, despite there being no real need for it because foreign officials are all famously so much better than their English counterparts.

Leonardo Bonucci has claimed that Juventus were "robbed" of victory against Salernitana due to an incorrect VAR decision.

After it was announced that the goal would be reviewed both sets of players clashed, with Federico Fazio, Juan Cuadrado and Max Allegri all being shown red cards. A few minutes later, after consultation with VAR, his winner was ruled out as Bonucci appeared to be offside - only for an unused angle to show that Antonio Candreva was playing him onside. It’s going to be a tough game and we’ll need everyone’s help," Bonucci told reporters.