There was a certain inevitability about Maurizio Sarri s fate once Juventus were knocked out of the Champions League last 16 by Lyon.
Sure, the swiftness of Juve s decision caught some off guard but not even winning the Serie A title is enough to assuage the Bianconeri board nowadays.
After nine straight Serie A titles that should not really be a surprise, and most observers would acknowledge Juve s success this season had as much to do with their rivals failures as it did their own merits.
But how do the numbers back up such an assertion? Well, using Opta data we compared Juve s solitary Serie A season under Sarri to their final campaign under Massimiliano Allegri in 2018-19 to try and shed some light.
1 have been eliminated by a French side in an Europ…