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Tudor reveals he requested Juventus gamers for tactical ‘choice’

Igor Tudor reveals he requested his Juventus gamers the place they like to play and ‘went with their sensations’ in addition to bringing his personal very totally different strategy to Thiago Motta.

The Bianconeri stay unbeaten underneath their new coach, who has overseen a pair of tight dwelling , plus a 1-1 draw away to Roma.

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This night noticed two well-worked early objectives with Dusan Vlahovic offering the assists for each Teun Koopmeiners and Kenan Yildiz, however a late Federico Baschirotto header on a free kick made it a surprisingly nervy finale in Turin.

“We may’ve killed it off earlier, the final 10 minutes had been unhealthy. Khephren Thuram gave the ball away, then we conceded that objective and the lads received anxious,”

“I don’t need individuals to assume we’re sad with the outcome, we must always take it as a lesson to be realized, additionally from the gamers who got here off the bench. They should give one thing extra.

“It was an excellent efficiency general for 87 minutes, the primary half superb, then some stress set in after they scored, but it surely’s effective. We go ahead.”

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Koopmeiners had been dropped by Tudor for the primary two video games, however the midfielder celebrated his return to the beginning XI with this morale-boosting objective.

“Koop wanted a objective, he had an excellent sport, I noticed his legs and his thoughts working higher as we speak. He’s heading in the right direction,” mentioned the coach.

“Dusan sacrificed himself for the crew, he had probabilities that he often places away, but it surely’s effective, he supplied two assists for his teammates.”

Tudor has remodeled Thiago Motta’s Juventus

TURIN, ITALY – APRIL 12: Igor Tudor, Head Coach of Juventus, appears to be like on throughout the heat up previous to the Serie A match between Juventus and Lecce at Allianz Stadium on April 12, 2025 in Turin, Italy. (Picture by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Photographs)

Juventus known as on Tudor after sacking Thiago Motta, so did he discover the crew was struggling extra bodily or mentally when he arrived?

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“Psychologically it was a nasty second, as they went out of the Champions League and Coppa Italia, had been coming off two actually heavy defeats, in order that’s apparent. Bodily, each coach calls for various things from his gamers, coaching classes work effectively for some types of soccer and never others,” defined the coach.

“For the soccer I like, clearly there’s a very specific bodily preparation that’s required, as I like extra tempo and overlaying the width of the sphere. You possibly can win in many various methods, we every have our personal, and naturally we prepare primarily based on the fashion we’re after.”

TURIN, ITALY – APRIL 12: Nicolas Gonzalez of Juventus is challenged by Tiago Coelho Oliveira and Lassana Coulibaly of US Lecce throughout the Serie A match between Juventus and Lecce at Allianz Stadium on April 12, 2025 in Turin, Italy. (Picture by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Photographs)

Tudor has modified the positions of fairly just a few gamers who struggled underneath Thiago Motta, together with Koopmeiners as a trequartista and Nico Gonzalez on the best.

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When Andrea Cambiaso got here off the bench, he was positioned on the best flank, with Tim Weah going to the left.

“Timothy prefers to play on the left, whereas Andrea I feel truly does higher on the best. It’s how they really feel most comfortable, so I requested them and went with their sensations.”

The second objective was a really well-worked transfer with a sequence of give and go passes via the centre, which the Sky Sport Italia pundits steered was the form of soccer Thiago Motta dreamed of, however with the added bonus of the vertical strategy most well-liked by Tudor.

“I don’t like these comparisons with anybody, particularly a coach who was right here earlier than me. That’s by no means good,” replied the Croatian.

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“It was a stunning objective, that I can say, and we had two or three coaching classes on learn how to develop these strikes. It will be important for me to work on these ideas that the gamers can get pleasure from, then it’s as much as them to carry their high quality to the sport.”

That is probably a really beneficial weekend for Juventus within the hunt for fourth place, as a result of Atalanta face Bologna, whereas Lazio tackle Roma within the Derby della Capitale, so they’re certain to take factors off one another.

Because of this victory, , as they leapfrog both Atalanta or Bologna.

Contemplating the development, is Tudor pondering past the top of this season and to probably extending his contract?

“I at all times reply the identical method, I’m very joyful to be on the Juventus bench, I take it sooner or later at a time and that’s all.”