Juventus technical director Francois Modesto insists they ‘have plenty of religion’ in coach Igor Tudor, and are assured Lois Openda and Jonathan David will flourish ultimately.
The journey to Lazio kicks off on the Stadio Olimpico at 19.45 GMT.
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The stress is rising on the Outdated Woman after a dire run of 9 aggressive matches with no victory, together with again to again defeats to Como and Actual Madrid.
“Igor is our coach, we’re very pleased with him, have plenty of religion in his work, and need to concentrate on getting the win this night,”
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TURIN, ITALY – AUGUST 24: Jonathan David through the Serie A match between Juventus FC and Parma Calcio 1913 at on August 24, 2025 in Turin, Italy. (Photograph by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Pictures)
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David and Openda have struggled to make any form of influence since their transfers to Juventus, so how lengthy will it take for them to flourish on this new league?
“It’s a very tough league in Italy, there are some very well-organised coaches and groups, which makes it robust for individuals who come right here from different divisions. If we glance to the previous, we’ll see many nice champions who struggled at the start in Serie A,” warned Modesto.
“The constructive factor is that they’ve settled nicely into the group, and naturally they’ve at all times scored numerous objectives of their careers, so we predict it’s only a matter of time. We hope that they may begin scoring from tonight.”
TURIN, ITALY – SEPTEMBER 16: Manuel Locatelli and Dusan Vlahovic of Juventus celebrates after Lloyd Kelly (not pictured) scores his crew’s fourth purpose through the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 League Part MD1 match between Juventus and Borussia Dortmund at Juventus Stadium on September 16, 2025 in Turin, Italy. (Photograph by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Pictures)
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Dusan Vlahovic begins tonight and remains to be taking a robust function at Juventus, regardless of the actual fact he has refused to signal a brand new contract and will likely be a free agent on the finish of the season.
“There are completely no points. Dusan is a superb skilled, a frontrunner of this crew, he’s serving to David and Openda off the sector too, and we’re very comfortable,” added Modesto.
“Now we have leaders on this squad, like Bremer who sadly is injured, Gatti and Kenan Yildiz, so we now have no lack of leaders.”
Teun Koopmeiners was a giant funding at over €50m from Atalanta final summer season, however by no means fairly lived as much as these expectations, and made feedback on taking part in in his most popular function.
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“Koopmeiners works arduous, he had difficulties like many who first come to Juve, however he’s bettering, the coach has put him in a couple of completely different positions, and we hope he can present what he has at all times completed with Atalanta and in some video games at Juventus,” concluded the director.