Juventus clinched the Italian League title for the ninth time in a row, capping one of the most difficult seasons after the arrival of coach Mauricio Sarri with his "incomprehensible" plans for a number of players, and facing the team "a dilemma" because of the star Cristiano Ronaldo.
Juventus appointed Mauricio Sari to apply his well-known pressure-based playing style, but the new coach stopped in front of a simple problem, which is that everything in the club revolves around Ronaldo.
Ultimately, the individual dexterity of players like Ronaldo and playmaker Paulo Dybala was not the coach's schematic styles; It was she who awarded Juventus the league title for the 34th time in its history, and gave Sarri her first major title in Italian football.
Ronaldo has scored 31 goals so far in the league this season, and his previously troubled partnership with Dybala, who the club tried to sell before the start of the season, flourished, and the pair were dubbed "Italiano" by the Italian media.
Juventus won their previous five titles under the leadership of real coach Massimiliano Alegre, but the club wanted something more glowing and appointed Sari for this.
But it soon became clear that Juventus would not weave complicated patterns of penetrating competitors ’defenses in the manner that Napoli did under Sari, a technique that came to be known as the" Sari ball ".
The former banker admitted that he had to take into account the characteristics of his players, first and foremost Ronaldo, whose presence required special attention. This raised questions about whether the 35-year-old Portuguese striker was an obstacle to the team.
At some point, there was some talk that Juventus appeared better on the few times Ronaldo was absent, and that Dybala was more understanding with his Argentine compatriot Gonzalo Higuain.
Sarri said after Ronaldo scored both goals during a 2-1 victory over Parma; "Sometimes Ronaldo creates a simple problem because you have a hero in the team, and everything should revolve around him, and at the same time he solves 100 problems. You just have to be clear that everything revolves around him."
The talk of Sari's plans was not confined to media professionals and followers. Defender Leonardo Bonucci admitted that it was not easy to adapt to the coach's plans, saying, "We had difficulties in translating the coach's instructions at times. We started a new journey and a lot of pessimism surrounds us, but we continued to do everything in our power despite some hiccups."