Massimiliano Allegri

[theaxeofpain]

Basically it's about how Allegri has managed to replace Pirlo without a playmaker. The main point is that there are no 'fixed roles' or whatever they are called, 'punti di riferimento' is in italian. Everybody can be the playmaker, the striker and anything else. The trequartista is not the typical creative one, but a strong player who can hold up the ball and move in the empty spaces to create spaces for the strikers to come deep and get the ball, or the midfielders to get into the box. As we have seen with Ibra coming deep and acting as a playmaker and Nocerino or Aqua getting into the box.