Max Allegri and Walter Mazzarri: Juventus coach against Torino one. Both are part of the same family though, the "Tuscan school" of trainers that also counts Sarri, Spalletti and many others. Between them, there's also Renzo Ulivieri, who's now president of the Trainers Italian Federation. He's spoken to Il Corriere dello Sport about the Derby della Mole: "Walter is shy, introverted. A lot of Tuscans are, but he lacks something when he's in public and a lot of times, he has wrong reactions. I always tell him to try to be more delightful, to that he answers me that he's not a showman...". Allegri, on the other hand, "is led to be dragged by irony, is open to the debate and talks a lot with who is in front of him. One of his qualities? He knows how to enter in the players' mind in a extraordinary way and knew how to adapt to the new modern football which is still evolving. Juventus' secret remains in their ductility, the elasticity of the team".
What about when they were footballers, who was the best one? "Both played as offensive midfielders (trequartista), people thought Mazzarri would become the new Antognoni... It wasn't the case but he's always played well enough. Allegri has always played in Serie A...".
About the game's result: "Juve is of course the favorite but Mazzarri knows how to study his opponent and find the weaknesses: I couldn't tell the final result but I'm sure it will be a great game from the tactical point of vue".
