Luciano Spalletti was torn between reward and criticism of his . ‘We created so many possibilities, however typically made the mistaken choices.’
The Bianconeri had been constructing momentum to recapture a Champions League spot, and have been internet hosting a Sassuolo facet decimated by accidents and .
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They’d taken the lead via Kenan Yildiz, however when Andrea Pinamonti equalised, Manuel Locatelli noticed the late alternative to win it go to waste with Arijanet Muric’s penalty save.
That is the third consecutive penalty that Juventus have didn’t convert in Serie A, after Kenan Yildiz and Jonathan David additionally made errors.
Spalletti sees Juventus wasted possibilities
TURIN, ITALY – MARCH 21: Manuel Locatelli and Mattia Perin of Juventus embrace after the Serie A match between Juventus FC and US Sassuolo Calcio at Allianz Stadium on March 21, 2026 in Turin, Italy. (Picture by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Photos)
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“Once you play with 4 on the again, it’s important to unfold the ball and encompass them, so that you create one-on-one conditions. I stored telling them to search out Yildiz and Conceicao, as a result of Sassuolo have been pinned again into their very own penalty space,”
“Should you play via the center and lose the ball, you wrestle to get it again. Should you lose it out vast, you’ll be able to cease the counter and win it again rapidly. As an alternative, we made choices that in the long term we paid a value for, as a result of too many occasions we didn’t make the appropriate selections, there wasn’t sufficient maturity.
“We conceded the equaliser, created fairly a couple of conditions just like the one which Sassuolo scored, we had no less than 10 of these, however we weren’t reactive sufficient, didn’t make the neatest selections.”
There have been some good selections for the objective, as a result of Mattia Perin instantly launched Francisco Conceicao down the appropriate after a Sassuolo nook, after which the Portuguese expertise pulled it again for Yildiz.
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“Perin and Conceicao made the appropriate choices there, however Conceicao had one other six of these conditions within the first half alone the place he selected the mistaken possibility, or he had a foul shot, or he handed it to Kalulu who missed the end previous the far publish. When you don’t execute the possibilities you create, you pay for that ultimately,” defined Spalletti.
“Contemplating the possibilities and the way in which we poured ahead to the tip, I believe if we had received, then it might’ve been deserved.”
TURIN, ITALY – MARCH 21: Francisco Conceicao of Juventus is challenged by Aster Vranckx of US Sassuolo Calcio through the Serie A match between Juventus FC and US Sassuolo Calcio at Allianz Stadium on March 21, 2026 in Turin, Italy. (Picture by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Photos)
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The consequence means Juve are at the perfect left in fifth place this weekend, and will fall additional behind Como in addition to probably be caught by Roma.
“We’re distraught with disappointment for the consequence, however smile anyway, as a result of we create so many conditions the place we might’ve received it, however now we have to just accept the consequence. There have been some good issues within the second half, even when we moved the ball a bit too slowly,” famous the coach.
There was some excellent news for Juventus too, as a result of in a late double substitution Spalletti gave Dusan Vlahovic his first look for the reason that finish of November 2025, and Arek Milik his first recreation since Could 2024.
TURIN, ITALY – MARCH 21: Dusan Vlahovic and Pierre Kalulu of Juventus work together after the Serie A match between Juventus FC and US Sassuolo Calcio at Allianz Stadium on March 21, 2026 in Turin, Italy. (Picture by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Photos)
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Lastly, the previous Italy coach was requested in regards to the upcoming World Cup play-off in opposition to Northern Eire, a qualifying marketing campaign that he had began earlier than being sacked two video games in.
“I believe we must always think about this Nazionale. I imagine Gattuso made the appropriate choices, so now we have every little thing it takes to qualify for the World Cup.”