The elimination of Juventus at the hands of Lyon has been the fuse that has ignited the concatenation of events that have quickly found Sarri as the first scapegoat. Juventus won the league, but the leap in quality that was sought with the arrival of the Neapolitan coach was the assault on the Champions League. What Allegri had failed to achieve. In that sense, in the previous game against Lyon Nedved already warned that Sarri's continuity was at the forward and Andrea Agnelli, president of the club, gave him the final thrust after the coach was eliminated, recognizing the continuity of Cristiano and that the season had to be analyzed urgently to decide on the coach.
The fall in the Champions League on a brilliant new night for Cristiano caused furious criticism to launch against the club and the coach, urging that they have not done what is necessary to surround the Portuguese with a winning project. Sarri was the first to fall and Cristiano did not have a word towards the coach after the dismissal in a message that he posted in their social networks to assess the season and that goes like this:
The 2019/20 season has ended for us, much later than usual, but earlier than we expected. Now is the time for reflection, the time to analyze the ups and downs because critical thinking is the only way to improve.
“A great club like Juventus must always think like the best in the world, work like the best in the world, so that we can call ourselves one of the best and biggest clubs in the world.
Winning Serie A once again in such a difficult year is something we are very proud of. Personally, scoring 37 goals for Juventus and 11 for the Portuguese National Team is something that makes me face the future with renewed ambition and the desire to continue improving every year. But the fans demand more of us. They expect more from us. And we have to deliver, we have to live up to the highest expectations.
May these short vacations allow us all to make the best decisions for the future and come back stronger and more committed than ever. “
Meanwhile, the sister of the Portuguese footballer, Elma Aveiro has indirectly pointed to Cristiano's teammates at Juventus as guilty of the European disaster. “You did better than anyone, it is a pride to see you play and see your dedication, but unfortunately you can't do everything alone. It is also impossible! You know that football is like that, but you also have to think that you did the best you could and are still the best, “he wrote on his profile on social networks.