FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Champions League - Juventus Press Conference - Groupama Stadium, Lyon, France - February 25, 2020 Juventus coach Maurizio Sarri during the press conference REUTERS/Eric Gaillard
(Reuters) - Juventus coach Maurizio Sarri is struggling to impose his style of play on the Turin side and his frustration came out into the open again after a poor performance in their Champions League defeat to Olympique Lyonnais on Wednesday.
In comments that could be viewed as refreshingly honest or a risky public criticism of his players, the chain-smoking 61-year-old said that his team were struggling to grasp the concept of passing the ball around quickly -- a style dubbed "Sarri-ball" by his admirers.
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