The ultimate month of the 2025-26 season began with nice hope. After suffered some essential damaging ends in Could, we went into the month understanding that just a few wins in Could would safe a spot within the prime 4 and qualification for subsequent season’s UEFA Champions League League Stage.
However, as has occurred many occasions in the previous couple of years, Juventus collapsed beneath the strain.
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The Bianconeri secured just one win out of 4 video games in Could as we ended the 2025-26 season in sixth place and might be enjoying within the UEFA Europa League subsequent season. Let’s assessment the distress of the disappointing finish to the season.
Failure
It was déjà vu once more within the first sport of Could at dwelling to . We fully dominated and but as soon as once more conceded from our first shot on track. Scottish striker scored after benefiting from a uncommon however essential mistake from , who gifted Verona the ball. That stated, was poor at his close to put up from Bowie’s shot and may have executed higher to maintain it out. rescued a degree for us when his sensible free kick flew previous goalkeeper Lorenzo Montipò. Sadly, like so many occasions this season, we had been unable to supply the killer blow in a sport we should always have simply received: 1-1.
We returned to profitable methods with a hard-fought 1-0 victory over relegation-battling . Vlahovic scored the quickest objective in his profession after 12 seconds when he collected a cross from , turned previous defender Gabriel, and smashed it into the roof of the web. It was a busy opening section of the match as Lecce virtually equalized instantly after the opener however Di Gregorio saved effectively from ’s shot. Francisco Conceição then hit the crossbar after receiving an exquisite cross from in the proper channel.
The sport calmed down a bit after that till a flurry of motion within the second half. First, Vlahovic scored his second of the match on the rebound after Cambiaso’s shot, however the Serb was offside from the primary shot. Pierre Kalulu then scored as effectively however, remarkably, Vlahovic was once more offside within the buildup of the assault roughly 23 years previous to the objective. The Bianconeri held on for a much-needed 1-0 victory.
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Then, all the pieces fell aside.
For the sixteenth time of the season, we conceded a objective from the opponents’ first shot on track when ’s shot took a small deflection and Di Gregorio let it squeeze previous him on the close to put up. As soon as once more, we scored two disallowed objectives: first, scored a header however the referee dominated {that a} puff of wind hit the defender McKennie dedicated a foul on when the 2 jumped for the header. Then, Vlahovic scored one other objective from an offside place. , a kind of gamers who do nothing helpful all season besides when enjoying towards Juventus, scored with a spectacular shot from the sting of the field to successfully knock the Bianconeri out of Champions League participation for subsequent season: 2-0.
The Derby Della Mole felt like a futile match given the miracle that was wanted to allow us to safe a spot within the High 4. However since there was nonetheless an opportunity, regardless of how little, we needed to attempt, regardless of the horrendous crowd hassle that occurred earlier than the sport exterior of the Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino that delayed kickoff for an hour.
And take a look at we did, for the primary hour of the sport. Vlahovic scored within the twenty fourth minute after a pleasant passing transfer involving Khephren Thuram and Kalulu. The Bianconeri scored from a improbable counterattack within the second half led by Conceição and Vlahovic, with the Portuguese winger aiding Vlahovic to attain his second objective of the match. However Torino roared again and fully flipped the script within the closing half-hour of the match by way of two substitutes. For the seventeenth time of the season, we conceded a objective from the opponents’ first try on track when headed in a nook after weak marking from Cambiaso. The equalizer got here from one other nook as Casadei once more received a header that compelled an amazing save from , however ultimately scored from the rebound with a deflected shot: 2-2.
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It was a depressing and deflating finish to a different wasted season.
Juventus Ladies had a month stuffed with objectives scored … and conceded. First, we noticed an exhilarating 3-2 victory over within the league. Lindsey Thomas scored within the fifth minute after good mixture play between and . Napoli shortly equalized by way of Marija Banusic, however Capeta then went from supplier to goalscorer when she pounced on a mistake from the Napoli goalkeeper and scored. The primary half continued at a breakneck tempo as Cecilie Floe equalized two minutes later to carry Napoli again into the sport once more. The second half was a lot calmer and noticed just one objective: an 82nd minute winner from : a cracking 3-2 victory!
The Bianconere then tied 3-3 with in one other thrilling sport. Remarkably, all six objectives got here within the first half. Chiara Robustellini gave Inter the lead within the second minute however defender Ivana Andreas scored an personal objective from a nook to carry us again into the match. Robustellini scored her second from a thumping header however Inter conceded a penalty for a handball within the field; scored it in her document 241st look for the membership.
then gifted Inter their very own penalty after fouling within the field. stepped as much as convert the penalty. Juventus equalized for the third time in lower than 45 minutes as Vangsgaard corrected her error and scored from ’s glorious lay-off. The second half, whereas eventful, was nowhere close to as loopy as the primary and the rating remained at 3-3.
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We ended the Serie A season with a 3-1 away win over . For the third consecutive sport, there was a objective within the first ten minutes as Emma Godo scored with a low, pushed free kick within the ninth minute. Annalise Rasmussen doubled our lead when she scored from the rebound after the goalkeeper saved Cambiaghi’s shot. Parma pulled one again within the eightieth minute by way of Gaia Distefano however Thomas completed the sport off within the final minute after selecting up an amazing cross from Bonansea on the counterattack and lobbing the goalkeeper.
Juventus misplaced 1-0 to AS within the Coppa Italia closing in what proved to be coach Massimiliano Canzi’s It was a balanced sport that Juventus barely edged with just a few higher probabilities than Roma, however the margins had been extraordinarily small. The shortage of motion within the sport seemingly got here on account of the extraordinarily excessive temperatures on the day and Bonansea even requested to be substituted as a consequence of what gave the impression to be warmth exhaustion.
Roma scored the decisive objective by way of when she managed a flicked-on cross from Evelyne Vien and scored from shut vary.
Champions/Europa League
After years of scraping by to qualify for the Champions League and performing pitifully within the competitors, we lastly acquired what we deserved: failure to qualify for subsequent season’s version of the competitors. Subsequent season, now we have the distinguished honor of representing within the Europa League together with our fellow fallen giants AC .
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We’ve talked lots about what went mistaken this season in and on the season rankings (and we’ll most likely discuss it extra within the offseason!), however I wish to discuss my concern for Italian groups enjoying in subsequent season’s Champions League: Como, Inter, Roma, and Napoli.
Inter are by far and away one of the best crew in Italy and ended the season with an 11-point lead over second-place Napoli. However even Inter had a poor marketing campaign within the Champions League final season and had been shockingly knocked out by Bodø/Glimt within the play-off spherical. Napoli had been the worst of the lot and led to thirtieth place within the league section. , so the much less stated the higher. represented Italy one of the best, however that’s Munchen.
Allegri will (seemingly) change Conte as supervisor at Napoli subsequent season. Whereas he had a depressing finish to his time at Milan, he stays probably the most skilled coaches within the UCL, so that they’ll be a wildcard subsequent season within the competitors. Inter seemingly received’t make the identical errors however their European failures final season has set them additional behind heavyweights like , Bayern, and (now) .
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Como and Roma are the 2 groups I actually wish to give attention to. Whereas individuals praised Como and, to a lesser extent, Roma for his or her enjoying model and (particularly in Como’s case) entertaining and optimistic soccer, the stats present that they weren’t all that significantly better than Juventus.
The Bianconeri had basically the identical variety of photographs on track this season (227) as Inter did (229), which reveals each how stunningly environment friendly Inter’s assault was (89 objectives) in comparison with ours (58 objectives) but additionally how a lot our assault under-performed. In the meantime, Roma (178 SOT) and Como (194 SOT) had fewer photographs on track. Once more, their forwards had been clearly extra environment friendly than ours. To summarize just a few key attacking metrics:
Juventus: 455 photographs, 227 on track, 61 objectives, 167 correct ahead passes per sport, common possession of 57.6% per sport
Como: 408 photographs, 194 on track, 65 objectives, 170 correct ahead passes per sport, common possession of 61.6% per sport
Roma: 366 photographs, 178 on track, 59 objectives, 162 correct ahead passes per sport, common possession of 56.3% per sport
Napoli: 367 photographs, 179 on track, 58 objectives, 182 correct ahead passes per sport, common possession of 59.0% per sport
My level is that this: Regardless of the picture of Como and Roma being attacking, breath-of-fresh air, new model groups, they weren’t that significantly better than Juventus on the pitch. Their respective locations within the Champions League subsequent season are deserved, but when they weren’t that significantly better than us then I concern for his or her destiny within the competitors.
Why does this matter? If Italian groups preserve faltering in European competitors(s), then that dreaded coefficient goes to proceed worsening and we danger shedding the fourth direct qualification spot. Should you assume we wrestle now to qualify for the Champions League, then it’s going to be even worse if that occurs.