Buffon: ‘Juventus have unity now, however religion in Thiago Motta future’
Gigi Buffon feels that Juventus are ‘shifting in the identical path’ below Igor Tudor, however whereas , nonetheless has ‘a variety of religion in his future’ as a coach.
The 2006 World Cup winner is now the delegation chief for the Italy squad below coach Luciano Spalletti, however though he additionally received silverware at Parma and Paris Saint-Germain, his membership profession will all the time be most related to Juventus.
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The retired goalkeeper was within the DAZN studio this night as a pundit to on the Stadio Olimpico, the second match below new coach – and his former Bianconeri teammate – Igor Tudor.
“Seeing them this night, it regarded as if the gamers had one thing extra to say to one another and to share, that they have been shifting in the identical path,”
“Earlier this season, they appeared to be struggling, I couldn’t see a standard thread, so everybody was giving their very own interpretation to the match. They’d no unity.”
Buffon analyses Juventus below Thiago Motta
TURIN, ITALY – MARCH 03: Thiago Motta, Head Coach of Juventus, seems to be on previous to the Serie A match between Juventus and Verona at Allianz Stadium on March 03, 2025 in Turin, Italy. (Picture by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Photos)
Thiago Motta had nice expectations when he took Bologna to fifth place final season and took the Juventus job, however he was fired after back-to-back defeats to Atalanta and Fiorentina.
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“I feel that, contemplating his background as a participant first and as a coach later, Thiago Motta would do effectively. I nonetheless suppose he can have an ideal profession, so I hope that this setback might be a studying curve and assist him to turn out to be a greater coach. I nonetheless have a variety of religion in his future,” assured Buffon.
The arrival of Tudor was seen as bringing extra of the Juventus DNA, contemplating his previous as each a participant in Turin and in addition assistant supervisor to Andrea Pirlo.
“It will be reductive to say he solely introduced dedication. Igor already confirmed at Lazio final season what he can convey, the power and positivity that he transmits to the squad. That can be what the crew wanted at Juve.”
Thiago Motta had additionally been criticised for an absence of consistency when it got here to picking the Juventus captain, passing the armband round a number of totally different gamers this season.
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“It was definitely uncommon,” confessed Buffon when requested about this method.
“The very first thing you do if you step into the Juventus dressing room is see the pictures of the captains, the over 100 years of historical past. This means you have to discover a captain and persist with it, as a result of in these delicate moments or if you want somebody to cross on the message of the coach, the captain can’t be weakened. He should be supported and made to really feel like the point of interest of the squad.”