Pierre Kalulu insists Juventus can not conceal behind alibis after , and needs to place the Alessandro Bastoni incident behind him. ‘It’s a pity.’
The Bianconeri had been main 2-1 at half-time within the first leg of this Champions League play-off, with a Teun Koopmeiners brace overturning the early Gabriel Sara objective.
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They went 3-2 down and a person down after the restart, crumbling to a 5-2 loss that provides them a mountain to climb within the second leg on February 25.
Kalulu stunned by Juventus collapse
ISTANBUL, TURKEY – FEBRUARY 17: Davinson Sanchez of Galatasaray A.S. celebrates scoring his staff’s third objective in the course of the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 League Knockout Play-off First Leg match between Galatasaray A.S. and Juventus at Ali Sami Yen Spor Kompleksi on February 17, 2026 in Istanbul, Turkey. (Photograph by Burak Kara/Getty Pictures)
“Targets hold coming from our personal errors, however essentially the most troublesome factor to swallow was the second half efficiency total,”
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“Even with a purple card, we must always not have allowed all these scoring alternatives. We have to determine what occurred tonight, however it’s previously now and in soccer you need to have the ability to rapidly transfer on to the subsequent match.”
Gleison Bremer limped off with an damage within the first half, whereas they had been additionally lacking Jonathan David, Emil Holm and Dusan Vlahovic. Was the pressure of their current run of huge matches accountable for this capitulation?
“No, you can’t conceal behind fatigue when coping with a Champions League fixture. That’s simply the way in which it went right now, it’s very troublesome to work out what went fallacious, however we’ve received to carry our heads and do higher in future.”
MILAN, ITALY – FEBRUARY 14: Pierre Kalulu of Juventus reacts as he walks off after being despatched off by Referee Federico La Penna (not pictured) for a second yellow card offence in the course of the Serie A match between FC Internazionale and Juventus FC at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on February 14, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Photograph by Marco Luzzani/Getty Pictures)
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Kalulu was in all of the Italian headlines this week after his purple card within the 3-2 Serie A defeat to Inter, because the second yellow was for a Bastoni simulation.
“Clearly, I used to be very irritable after that incident, however it’s higher to not discuss an excessive amount of, as a result of generally it doesn’t actually assist. I simply must deal with the pitch, there are others who can speak about these issues.”
MILAN, ITALY – FEBRUARY 14: Alessandro Bastoni of FC Internazionale Milano shoots and hits the submit in the course of the Serie A match between FC Internazionale and Juventus FC at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on February 14, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Photograph by Marco Luzzani/Getty Pictures)
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for exaggerating the contact to get Kalulu despatched off, however above all for loudly celebrating the dismissal.
“I didn’t see what he mentioned,” replied Kalulu.
“That match is previously now, we’ve received to look to the longer term and never give it some thought anymore. All I’ll say is that it’s a pity.”