Luciano Spalletti explains how he’s utilizing Teun Koopmeiners and Weston McKennie on his Juventus Champions League debut towards Sporting CP this night. ‘We’d like the correct angle.’
It kicks off on the Allianz Juventus Stadium in Turin at 20.00 GMT.
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CREMONA, ITALY – NOVEMBER 01: Coach Luciano Spalletti of Juventus FC reacts earlier than the Serie A match between US Cremonese and Juventus FC at Stadio Giovanni Zini on November 01, 2025 in Cremona, Italy. (Photograph by Marco M. Mantovani/Getty Photos)
A lot has modified within the final eight days since Igor Tudor was sacked, as caretaker supervisor Massimo Brambilla oversaw a 3-1 Serie A win over Udinese, then Spalletti made his debut in
Now they need to play catch-up within the Champions League, having scraped solely two factors from three rounds, high-scoring attracts towards Borussia Dortmund and Villarreal, then a 1-0 defeat at Actual Madrid.
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Spalletti rings the modifications at Juventus
TURIN, ITALY – SEPTEMBER 16: Felix Nmecha of Borussia Dortmund battles for possession with Teun Koopmeiners of Juventus 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 Photos)
“We have to have the correct angle,”
“It’s important that we present what is required for the sport, which suggests chasing them down, and when we have now the ball, we should present the extent of high quality soccer that we need to suggest.”
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The massive shock from the primary sport in cost was utilizing Teun Koopmeiners in a again three, as a really deep-lying playmaker, and he begins there once more this night.
“We talked with the opposite gamers too, when Cremonese pressed in numbers, we in a short time managed to show it into an attacking transfer. That’s superb, but when tonight the possession is 50-50, then we expend much more power when chasing the ball. That’s the important thing to all of it.”
CREMONA, ITALY – NOVEMBER 01: Romano Floriani Mussolini of US Cremonese and Weston McKennie of Juventus FC struggle for the ball through the Serie A match between US Cremonese and Juventus FC at Stadio Giovanni Zini on November 01, 2025 in Cremona, Italy. (Photograph by Marco M. Mantovani/Getty Photos)
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There had additionally been some doubts over the health of Khephren Thuram, however he has shaken off a calf problem to play, with Weston McKennie seemingly on the left wing to guard Kenan Yildiz.
“We’re sustaining kind of the identical system, however McKennie is excellent at placing himself about kind of in all places,” defined Spalletti.
“He can each defend and assault, permitting Conceicao to open up a bit extra. There are various completely different options for him, however he struggles extra within the centre of midfield.”