Luciano Spalletti insists Juventus ‘deserved to take the lead’ in , however ‘if we proceed with this spirit, we’ll win many video games.’
The brand new coach solely made his debut on Saturday in a 2-1 Serie A victory over Cremonese, as Igor Tudor was fired simply eight days in the past.
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Maximiliano Araujo’s early angled drive was cancelled out by a Dusan Vlahovic tap-in on the close to put up, however a late flurry of probabilities was not sufficient to safe the primary Champions League victory of the season.
Spalletti give attention to positives for Juventus
TURIN, ITALY – NOVEMBER 04: Dusan Vlahovic of Juventus celebrates scoring his staff’s first objective through the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 League Part MD4 match between Juventus and Sporting Clube de Portugal at Juventus Stadium on November 04, 2025 in Turin, Italy. (Photograph by Stefano Guidi/Getty Pictures)
“Sporting are an excellent staff, as a result of they play an attacking fashion of soccer, they prefer to hold possession and have a ferocious press,”
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“We had a sophisticated begin, then this nice response, we took the sport in hand and deserved to take the lead, creating three or 4 good probabilities. At the beginning we misplaced the ball too cheaply, weren’t clear sufficient in our passing, struggled underneath stress, however basically after that the staff performed effectively.
“What provides me confidence is that we have now proficient gamers with high quality who could make the distinction when taking males on. Dusan labored so laborious all through too. We have to enhance the pace of our passing, to flow into the ball and make the opponents transfer round.”
The Bianconeri relatively misplaced depth as the sport wore on and Manuel Locatelli suffered cramp.
“There may be the chance of being too attacking in opposition to Sporting, as they’re so good at enjoying in tight areas, that’s the Portuguese college of soccer,” famous Spalletti.
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“We took possession off them and at instances have been just a little too frenetic with our selections, giving the ball again after profitable it. We needed to claw it off them with tooth and nail, whereas we gave it again to them too simply.
“I nonetheless imagine it is a robust staff, I’m satisfied that if we proceed with this spirit, we’ll win many video games.”
TURIN, ITALY – NOVEMBER 04: Luciano Spalletti, Head Coach of Juventus seems to be on previous to the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 League Part MD4 match between Juventus and Sporting Clube de Portugal at Juventus Stadium on November 04, 2025 in Turin, Italy. (Photograph by Stefano Guidi/Getty Pictures)
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It’s no secret that Italian soccer has a slower tempo than many different European leagues, and that’s proven up all too usually within the Champions League.
“Clearly, passing the ball shortly is what makes the distinction, however there are a lot of totally different phases of the sport. Typically it’s important to pin the opponents again, transfer them round and decide the second to interrupt via. At others it’s important to counter and get the end as shortly as doable,” added Spalletti.
“It’s about understanding which is which. Everybody is aware of find out how to press, find out how to defend in a block, it’s about understanding the varied phases of the sport, sensing what is feasible, and we have to enhance in that.”
TURIN, ITALY – NOVEMBER 04: Teun Koopmeiners of Juventus is challenged by Francisco Trincao of Sporting CP through the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 League Part MD4 match between Juventus and Sporting Clube de Portugal at Juventus Stadium on November 04, 2025 in Turin, Italy. (Photograph by Stefano Guidi/Getty Pictures)
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This implies Juve run the very actual danger of first stage elimination, having amassed solely three factors from the opening 4 match days, with a objective distinction of -1.
It’s a robust fixture checklist developing, with a visit to Bodo/Glimt all the time tough in November, then internet hosting Pafos and Benfica, earlier than lastly visiting Paul Pogba’s AS Monaco.
This was the primary Champions League match for Spalletti on the Juventus bench, but in addition his first in Turin, so how was this dwelling debut?
“The stadium was packed, it’s a wonderful ambiance with everybody surrounding you. The gamers felt it too with a great efficiency, we are able to all the time enhance, however I really feel we are able to obtain one thing collectively,” concluded Spalletti.