One more draw for Juventus, who had been caught within the ninetieth minute by former participant Renato Veiga of Villarreal within the Champions League, highlighting a number of points with administration and character.
That is the fourth consecutive draw for the Bianconeri: between the 4-4 in opposition to Borussia Dortmund and final night time’s 2-2 with Villarreal, there have been additionally two “X”s in opposition to Hellas Verona and Atalanta in Serie A.
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What’s on the root of this “draw-itis”?
And in historical past?
It’s not unprecedented for Juventus to attract 4 matches in a row: it already occurred, nonetheless underneath the administration of Thiago Motta, between November and December 2024, with matches in opposition to Milan, Aston Villa, Lecce, and Bologna all ending in a tie.
Beforehand, the final case of 4 consecutive attracts got here in March 2012 (Milan, Chievo, Bologna, and Genoa) and earlier than that in April 2009 (Reggina, Lecce, Milan, and Atalanta, coming off two different winless video games, a draw with Inter and a loss in opposition to Lazio).
If Juventus had been to attract the subsequent match in opposition to Milan, it will be the longest streak of attracts since Calciopoli, whereas in the event that they fail to win in opposition to Como as properly, they’d match the streak of six matches with no win in Could 2024 (attracts with Torino, Cagliari, Milan, Roma, Salernitana, and a loss in opposition to Lazio).
Shaky protection
What Juventus has definitely proven in these video games is a few defensive points that must be addressed: the 4 targets conceded in opposition to Dortmund (simply days after conceding three in opposition to Inter) show this, and final night time’s efficiency confirms it.
Partly attributable to Cabal’s situation, which is clearly not but optimum, Juventus instantly confirmed nice vulnerabilities in protection, proving permeable to the pace of Villarreal’s assaults.
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Earlier than Mikautadze struck, Pépé had already sown panic on a few events within the Bianconeri’s backline, and even after the purpose, all through the primary half, the purpose defended by Perin seemed something however unbreachable.
Poor recreation administration
There may be additionally an issue associated to recreation administration: Juventus had been caught within the ninetieth minute by a Renato Veiga header that caught Perin unprepared.
And to suppose that an awesome fifteen minutes at first of the second half, with the contribution of Francisco Conceicao, who had simply come on and was instantly decisive, was sufficient to show the match round.
Certain, within the closing minutes Villarreal had been relentless searching for a draw, however their assault appeared extra frantic and determined than organized: but it was sufficient to grab the outcome from the Bianconeri.
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This concern was additionally highlighted by Manuel Locatelli within the speedy post-match interview in opposition to Villarreal: “Managing key moments is one thing we lack and must study. We want extra steadiness, as a result of should you don’t have it, ultimately you concede a purpose. Stability can also be wanted to handle moments, and these matches are determined exactly by these particulars,” stated the Bianconeri captain.
Koop and David, open circumstances?
There are additionally a number of query marks over some gamers: the principle suspect is clearly Teun Koopmeiners, who has skilled an unimaginable decline since becoming a member of the Bianconeri from Atalanta.
He was as soon as once more ineffective final night time regardless of a number of positional modifications, and the dearth of his contribution was significantly evident when Conceicao got here on in his place at halftime.
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Jonathan David can also be nonetheless lacking; aside from the purpose in opposition to Parma, he has not managed to attain for the Bianconeri, a lot in order that on a couple of event his beginning spot has been questioned in favor of the extra decisive Vlahovic.
Towards Villarreal, the Canadian wasted a 0.72 xG likelihood, later being denied by the crossbar.
This text was translated into English by Synthetic Intelligence.
📸 JOSE JORDAN – AFP or licensors
