Tactical Analysis: Ivan Jurić's Hellas Verona

Hellas Verona was one of the surprise packages of the 2019/20 Serie A season and one of the main reasons for its overachievement was its coach Ivan Jurić. The former Crotone and Genoa tactician was appointed days after the Gialloblu had earned promotion through the Serie B play-offs under caretaker manager Alfredo Aglietti in 2019, and it was Jurić's approach that made the whole greater than the sum of its parts.

Verona finished equal ninth with Fiorentina and Parma on the Serie A table with 49 points from 38 matches, although they had been as high as sixth in the league, battling for a Europa League spot.

Jurić was able to finish within the top half with a squad that did not have much experience in Italy’s top flight. Atalanta manager Gian Piero Gasperini had been his mentor during his playing days at Crotone and Genoa in the 2000s, and although he has taken inspiration from “Gasp”, the Mastini have had a more balanced approach to football games.