Maurizio Sarri revisits Juventus stint as Atalanta trip looms | OneFootball

Maurizio Sarri has reflected on his uneasy year at Juventus as he prepares to return with Atalanta. Despite lifting the 2019-20 Scudetto, his sole season at the Allianz Juventus Stadium was turbulent.

"It was a strange season with the stadiums practically empty from March onwards due to the pandemic, and perhaps that is one of the reasons why I don’t have good memories of that experience." He told Sky Sport Italia.

"In any case, I have no regrets."

Now at Atalanta, Sarri is dismantling the long-established back three, and his side have three wins, one draw and two defeats across all competitions.

"I’d say it is a similar experience to the one I had at Empoli. After nine rounds, we were bottom of the table, but we went on to feature in the promotion play-off final.

"At Napoli, we had two or three points after four rounds. These are difficulties I have run into constantly over the course of my career. The only positive start I had was at Chelsea, but for the rest it was always difficult.

"The reasons are obvious, the more the previous playing style was completely different to mine, the more difficulties I’d run into at the start. It is a year of construction, both the director of sport and the club have not set any specific targets for the short-term, they are talking about building for the long-term."

Attention now turns to Sunday’s 17:00 UK time kick-off in Turin, where Atalanta visit Juventus.

Source: Goal.com

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