563 Controlling the Tempo of the Game

More minutes passed, and soon, it was the long-awaited halftime. The players of both teams headed to the tunnel for the fifteen-minute break.

Zachary, Tevez, and Pirlo were obviously among the Juventus players who returned to the dressing room. They had to receive the coach's instructions before entering the pitch as substitutes at the beginning of the second half.

"Listen, guys," Coach Allegri immediately said after all the players had settled on the chairs around the dressing room. "During the first fourteen minutes, we played good football against Parma. But I don't know what happened after that. We all became disorganized on the pitch and started committing mistakes. Our midfielders even forgot my pre-game instructions and made a mess of the midfield. The result was Parma catching us off guard and scoring the first goal."