Luciano Spalletti vented his frustration with , warning they ‘don’t have another person with ’s traits’ and but ‘we are able to’t change 18 gamers.’
It had appeared like this was going to be a rout when Juve opened the scoring inside 12 seconds on the Stadio By way of del Mare, as Vlahovic discovered the online instantly into his first begin since November 29.
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Nonetheless, that proved to finally be the one aim, as two others had been disallowed for offside, chalked off for Vlahovic and .
Spalletti annoyed with Juventus errors
LECCE, ITALY – MAY 09: Head coach of Juventus FC Luciano Spalletti smiles throughout the Serie A match between and Juventus FC at Stadio By way of del Mare on Could 09, 2026 in Lecce, Italy. (Picture by Maurizio Lagana/Getty Pictures)
“We’ve been saying for some time that we maintain doing this, we rating early after which don’t end the video games off, it’s like a reduce and paste of earlier errors,”
“We dominate entire areas of video games, it looks like we’re in whole management, after which there are moments of superficiality the place we lose our manner, misplace passes which are simply unimaginable for the extent of soccer we’re enjoying at.
MILAN, ITALY – APRIL 26: Luciano Spalletti, Head Coach of Juventus, appears to be like on previous to the Serie A match between and Juventus FC at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on April 26, 2026 in Milan, . (Picture by Marco Luzzani/Getty Pictures)
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“We can not appear to keep up that focus, dedication and grit for the entire recreation. As soon as we make these errors, the strain and worry units in, the match goes again into the stability.
“Then we get irritated with ourselves, go and seize the sport by the scruff of the neck and put it again on monitor. A recreation like this one can not finish 1-0, we barely allowed them to get into our half, there have been so many conditions the place we had two attacking choices and all the time went for the third worst one. That’s simply what we’re like.”
LECCE, ITALY – MAY 09: Dusan Vlaovic of Juventus FC throughout the Serie A match between US Lecce and Juventus FC at Stadio By way of del Mare on Could 09, 2026 in Lecce, Italy. (Picture by Maurizio Lagana/Getty Pictures)
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Spalletti was visibly fuming on the touchline after sure conditions, shouting angrily at his gamers for not transferring the ball round the best way he wished.
Contemplating they maintain making the identical errors, will Juventus have to vary fairly a number of of those gamers, or does he consider they’ll study?
“I had already talked about this within the press convention, actually,” replied the coach.
“The media act as if we’re going to change 18 of the 25 gamers within the locker room, however you’ll be able to’t do this. It is a severe venture, so meaning many of those gamers should be concerned, as a result of it’s powerful proper now to vary that many.
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“Juventus additionally spent a good quantity over the past two seasons, so it’s not like they’ll maintain digging into their pockets. There are some conditions in soccer the place that you must sustain with the occasions, however firstly these gamers should develop inside themselves,” ranted Spalletti.
“They should realise that a lot of them will keep right here. We missed Vlahovic terribly as a result of we don’t have another person together with his traits. A successful group wants a bodily, robust centre-forward. Even when he’s not that tall, he nonetheless wants to have the ability to maintain off defenders, take care of the bodily duel.
“ can rating targets, however relating to the duel, the bodily influence, that’s the place he struggles.”
LECCE, ITALY – MAY 09: Head coach of Juventus FC Luciano Spalletti throughout the Serie A match between US Lecce and Juventus FC at Stadio By way of del Mare on Could 09, 2026 in Lecce, Italy. (Picture by Maurizio Lagana/Getty Pictures)
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So can these gamers take away the dips in focus?
“That isn’t simple. Staying on their toes for lengthy intervals is to do with the dedication and character of those gamers. These gamers who’re inventive and might take males on are sadly additionally the identical ones who must take a breather and cost themselves up earlier than glowing. They only are,” shrugged Spalletti.
“We nonetheless should work on it and practice that. This night, the group performed nicely in so some ways, but when didn’t make these two massive saves, it could be a special consequence. We have now obtained to construct out higher from the again, completely, that’s one thing we merely should enhance.
“After all, it’s completely different if you’ve obtained Vlahovic, as a result of he has completely different traits to the opposite strikers within the squad. Final time there was discuss of the standard midfielder, however the one who interprets the go from the again into an attacking scenario, we’re lacking that determine somewhat.
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“I mentioned the opposite day we’d like a bus with two ranges, as a result of for all of the gamers that individuals say we’re going to purchase, there received’t be sufficient room on one bus,” concluded Spalletti.
LECCE, ITALY – MAY 09: Pierre Kalulu of Juventus FC throughout the Serie A match between US Lecce and Juventus FC at Stadio By way of del Mare on Could 09, 2026 in Lecce, Italy. (Picture by Maurizio Lagana/Getty Pictures)
The 1-0 victory nonetheless offers an enormous enhance for Juve’s hopes of qualifying for the Champions League, as they quickly surpass Milan in third forward of their match with on Sunday, and break free from .