Juventus's decision to hand the coaching reigns to untried Andrea Pirlo promises to make this season's Serie A title race one of the most open in years with a queue of clubs waiting to pounce should the champions' remarkable gamble backfire.
"I’m the Juventus coach and it’s natural that anyone who comes here must win," said Pirlo after a pre-season friendly against Novara."I know I have to win, it was like that as a player and it will be like that as a coach." Inter Milan, who finished one point behind Juve in second place last season, appear to be the most dangerous and obvious challengers to Juve's dominance if they can overcome the inconsistency which exasperated coach Antonio Conte last season.Their neighbours AC Milan are equally intriguing. After years of midtable mediocrity, the seven-times European champions came to life in the second half of last season, partly inspired by the presence of 38-year-old forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Although clubs of Atalanta's size often struggle to keep their team together after a successful season, the Bergamo-based team appear to have escaped that fate.Similarly, Lazio were outstanding for part of last season and led the table shortly before Serie A stopped due to the COVID-19 pandemic in March.
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