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Re-Juvenated: Morata has the Old Lady looking like herself again

The striker has had his ups and downs with Massimiliano Allegri but the Spaniard is key to the club's hopes of winning a fifth successive Serie A title, says Mark Doyle.

At the tail end of July, Juventus coach Massmiliano Allegri introduced Alvaro Morata as a second-half substitute in the club's preseason clash with Lechia Gdansk. Just 26 minutes later, he hauled the Spaniard off, disgusted with the striker's performance.

"Apart from the tactical errors, I didn't like his attitude," Allegri admitted. "Things didn't go his way and he stopped playing. That's why I decided to change him.