Spalletti rues missed Juventus opportunity, explains penalty debacle: “Yildiz want it”
Juventus head coach Luciano Spalletti was disappointed with his team’s 1-1 draw against Sassuolo on Saturday evening.The Bianconeri were already trailing behind Como in the race for fourth place, so...
Spalletti rues missed Juventus opportunity, explains penalty debacle: “Yildiz want it” Juventus head coach Luciano Spalletti was disappointed with his team’s 1-1 draw against Sassuolo on Saturday evening. The Bianconeri were already trailing behind Como in the race for fourth place, so they could hardly afford to drop points. And yet, they settled for a 1-1 draw in front of their irritated supporters at the Allianz Stadium.
The Turin-based giants began on the right foot, opening the scoring through Kenan Yildiz. However, Andrea Pinamonti finished off a slick sequence of passing to equalise for the Emilians. Manuel Locatelli then had the chance to win it from the spot, but his tame effort was comfortably collected by Arijanet Muric.
After the contest, Spalletti insisted that the Juventus players were not complacent , but simply made wrong decisions. “Looking at the flow of the game, we did less. But given the quality of the players I coach and know, I’m convinced they’re never careless or arrogant.
They’re serious lads,” said the 67-year-old in his post-match press interviews via IlBianconero . “Sometimes you have matches where you need to play in tight spaces and be less about quality, more about making the right decisions. “These games become like that: you have to recognise the key moment and be mentally strong enough to make the most of it.