A shocking pitch, near-empty stadium and a cast full of understudies made for difficult viewing at San Siro
It was supposed to be one of those Sunday night spectacles that define a Serie A season. Milan, second in the table and needing a win to keep pace in the title race, up against
Juventus, fifth and fighting for their
Champions League lives. Two of the giants of Italian
Football squaring off at San Siro, the country’s grandest arena.
Juventus were yet to beat any of the teams ahead of them in the table – Milan, Inter, Napoli or Atalanta. But their manager, Massimiliano Allegri, had never lost in 18 career meetings with his Rossonero counterpart Stefano Pioli. This was an occasion for someone to rewrite the narratives. Instead, all the pens ran dry.