Hello,

Hello, everybody, and welcome to the Total Soccer show.

And this week we've got an early episode of The Big Thing for you.

Friday show will be a review of the USA's game against Japan.

So today we're going to answer a question that's been a dominant storyline in Italian football the last couple of weeks.

What's gone wrong with Juventus?

After disappointing seasons under Maurizio Sari and Andrea Pierlo, Max Allegri, returned to take

charge in the summer of 2021, led the team to a resounding fourth place finish and 70 points,

which was lower than both Sari and Pierlo's teams.

This season, Juventus is eighth in the table after seven games.

They've managed just two wins and four draws.

But as worrying is their Champions League formed their third in Group H,

with zero points from their first two games, losses to PSG away and then Benfica at home.

That second one even more troubling.

Allegory remains in charge,

but all is not right with the old lady. So what's gone wrong? What can be fixed? What needs to

change? Joining me to answer those questions and more are Joe Lowry. Hello, Joe. Hello, Taylor.

And Graham Ruffin. Hello, Graham. Hello, Taylor Rockwell. And the answer is they are linked to bad kits.

You have a bad kit, you have a bad season.

And you've had some bad kits in recent seasons. So that's it. That's the answer. Also, can we talk about how Yubei's nickname is the old lady? I get that that's sort of a noble thing. You should respect your elders. I also question the wisdom of naming your soccer team that when you're not performing so well and you've been named the old lady for a long time. I think we can sort of connect the dots here, can we? You wanted to change it up? Should be the young man. That's what you want me to be? I don't know what I wanted to be. I just question, you know, we're also surprised that they're not playing well and they're the old lady. I mean, just think practically here.

That's not the best idea.

Yeah.

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