The Old Lady Speaks Podcast, Episode 139: Roma beats Juve at their own game

One of the most important two-week stretches Juventus has remaining in the 2022-23 season didn’t exactly get off to the best start Sunday night at the Stadio Olimpico.

And it had a familiar kind of ring to it.

Not just because of the fact that it was a drab first half and a last-ditch effort to try and find some sort of offense and a game-tying goal. No, it was because how the game was played by Roma manager Jose Mourinho. It was very much Mourinho beating Max Allegri at his much-talked about game, and something that had Juventus suffering a loss for the first time in over a month.

What we wrong? Let’s discuss a few things.

On this week’s episode of The Old Lady Speaks Podcast, we discuss:

• Takeaways from the week that was — including that Max Allegri’s Juventus got out-Max Allegri’d by Jose Mourinho and Roma on Sunday, Juventus-Roma was emblematic of why the board of directors got rid of Max Allegri the first time around, a cry from Chuks to do away with zonal marking like what we saw didn’t work against Torino earlier in the week.
• Juventus’ comeback against Torino was good.
• Juventus’ failed comeback against Roma was not good.
• A deeper dive into what went wrong for Juve in the loss to Roma, one that probably killed any lasting Champions League hopes if the 15-point penalty remains in effect.
• How games like Sunday’s against Roma just magnify how slim Juventus’ margin for error is and what has to change going forward if this team wants to win any trophies.
• One main Twitter questions this week — what’s up with Dusan Vlahovic and how much of it is the player and how much of it is the manager’s system holding him back?

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