Luciano Spalletti urges Juventus to ‘reside inside strain, relish testing your self to see for those who can deal with troublesome conditions’ after their
The Bianconeri had been coming off a 3-0 Coppa Italia quarter-final defeat to Atalanta midweek the place that they had extra possession and possibilities, so had been getting a way of déjà vu right here when trailing 2-0 to Pedro and Gustav Isaksen targets towards the run of play.
TURIN, ITALY – FEBRUARY 08: Juventus FC head coach Luciano Spalletti appears to be like on in the course of the Serie A match between Juventus FC and SS Lazio at Allianz Stadium on February 8, 2026 in Turin, Italy. (Photograph by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Photos)
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Nonetheless, Weston McKennie’s header and a last-gasp Pierre Kalulu end from shut vary managed to claw their means again for a 2-2 draw with Lazio.
There have been 33 pictures from the Outdated Woman in comparison with simply eight for Lazio, however curiously all season in Serie A they’re additionally the crew with essentially the most errors resulting in conceded targets.
Spalletti defends Juventus gamers after errors
TURIN, ITALY – FEBRUARY 08: Juventus Head coach Luciano Spalletti and SS Lazio head coach Maurizio Sarri prior the Serie A match between Juventus FC and SS Lazio on the Juventus stadium on February 08, 2026 in Turin, Italy. (Photograph by Marco Rosi – SS Lazio/Getty Photos)
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“It’s most likely the fault of the calls for we put upon these gamers,”
“On this interval, I requested them to right away play each ball that they win again, to not kick it away, so we should attempt to play our means out beneath strain, and add extra high quality to our soccer.
“Whenever you make that many requests, it means anticipating harmful conditions, seeing each the optimistic and destructive potential of any situation on the identical time.
“Errors can occur, Locatelli has been one in all our greatest gamers this season, so shedding the ball as soon as doesn’t spoil something. Even after that, there was the best way we defended, how we closed down the shot, the unhealthy luck of the deflection. That’s soccer.
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“What we should construct on is the response of the crew, the efficiency total. When the tempo steps up and we’re combating again from two targets down, we mustn’t flip that as much as the diploma it’s frenetic. We have to velocity issues up, however not be chaotic, whereas once more right now we had been a bit too frenetic in conditions we may’ve developed higher.
“Dashing up the tempo doesn’t imply spilling over into chaos.”
TURIN, ITALY – FEBRUARY 08: Juventus FC head coach Luciano Spalletti appears to be like on in the course of the Serie A match between Juventus FC and SS Lazio at Allianz Stadium on February 8, 2026 in Turin, Italy. (Photograph by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Photos)
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Spalletti outlined his imaginative and prescient of the sport additional, insisting Juventus should study to get pleasure from it when the going will get powerful.
“We’ve to reside inside strain, that’s the pleasure of soccer, when you need to overturn a 2-0 end result initially of the second half, when it wasn’t what we had deliberate in any respect. That’s whenever you take a look at your self and see for those who can deal with the strain on the prime stage, that’s what we should relish, seeing if we should be at this stage or not.
“Character means when all the things goes fallacious and also you want the clear head to make decisions. That’s what makes the distinction. This crew overturned a really troublesome state of affairs, put in an ideal efficiency, so we go ahead feeling reassured.”
There was an odd incident in the course of the half-time break, as Francisco Conceicao was warming up and able to come on when he felt a twinge, so as a substitute Edon Zhegrova needed to rush his preparations and are available on.