The shape of things to come?
After Napoli’s Champions League victory over Chelsea last week, there was much talk about the reemergence of the back three — and it has made a significant comeback in Serie A this season, with as many as 11 of the 20 sides employing the system on one weekend in January.
But Saturday’s 1-1 draw between AC Milan and Juventus showed the limitations of the system, or at least the limitations of Juventus’s application of it in this particular circumstance.
