Juventus head coach Luciano Spalletti acknowledges that the progress made by his gamers has been undone after a sequence of poor performances.
The Serie A giants appointed the 66-year-old in late October after sacking Igor Tudor as a result of a woeful begin to the season.
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The Bianconeri progressively displayed improved outcomes and performances below the brand new supervisor. Following a optimistic run that noticed Juventus make brief work of the likes of Cremonese, Napoli and Parma, the fanbase was starting to see the sunshine on the finish of the darkish tunnel.
Nonetheless, their goals of a swift revival have been shattered by a horrendous February run.
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Of their final 5 outings, Juventus suffered an embarassing 0-3 defeat to Atalanta that eradicated them from the Coppa Italia, earlier than salvaging a degree at house towards Lazio because of a last-gasp equaliser, and had been then overwhelmed within the Derby d’Italia by Inter, .
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In midweek, Juventus had been soundly defeated by Galatasaray, who gave themselves a large three-goal benefit heading to the second leg of the Champions League play-offs.
Luciano Spalletti (Picture by Marco Luzzani/Getty Photographs)
Whereas Spalletti was anticipating a response from his gamers on Saturday, the workforce was dealt a brand new blow within the Prime 4 race after.
“We struggled to take management once more; we misplaced too many passes for a workforce with our high quality, and so they moved us across the pitch, forcing us to chase,” mentioned the 66-year-old in his post-match interview with Sky Sport Italia through .
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“It was a succession of errors, after which the two–0 cut up us in two. It was an unsightly defeat.”
Luciano Spalletti upset with regressing Juventus
The previous Roma and Napoli boss additionally admitted that the workforce is now again to sq. one after seeing all of the progress unravelled, whereas urging the gamers to seek out again their confidence again.
“It’s what we’ve been saying: when outcomes don’t come, issues pile onto the gamers and create stress that’s exhausting to shake off with self-belief and conviction.
“However when you then go on the market and misplace passes, the whole lot turns into much more tough. For me, nothing adjustments. I got here right here 5 – 6 video games in the past, saying I believed they’d high quality however didn’t recognise it themselves — it’s the identical now, as a result of we’ve fallen again into that scenario.
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“It’s precisely like at first. We don’t have the conviction that now we have potential, and I nonetheless assume it’s there. All of it is dependent upon the thoughts. You possibly can’t play the type of soccer we did three or 4 matches in the past when you don’t have it inside you.”
Lastly, Spalletti requested the Juventus followers to stay behind the workforce in his delicate second of the marketing campaign.
“I hope the followers preserve supporting us. We have now to simply accept and endure some whistles, however now we have the possibility to get ourselves again on observe.”