Juventus head coach Luciano Spalletti acknowledges that the progress made by his gamers has been undone after a collection of poor performances.
The Serie A giants appointed the 66-year-old in late October after sacking Igor Tudor resulting from a woeful begin to the season.
The Bianconeri step by step displayed improved outcomes and performances beneath the brand new supervisor. Following a constructive run that noticed Juventus make quick work of the likes of Cremonese, Napoli and Parma, the fanbase was starting to see the sunshine on the finish of the darkish tunnel.
Nevertheless, their goals of a swift revival have been shattered by a horrendous February run.
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Of their final 5 outings, Juventus suffered an embarassing 0-3 defeat to Atalanta that eradicated them from the Coppa Italia, earlier than salvaging some extent at house towards Lazio due to a last-gasp equaliser, and have been then crushed within the Derby d’Italia by Inter, albeit amidst controversial circumstances.
In midweek, Juventus have been soundly defeated by Galatasaray, who gave themselves a large three-goal benefit heading to the second leg of the Champions League play-offs.
Whereas Spalletti was anticipating a response from his gamers on Saturday, the group was dealt a brand new blow within the High 4 race after falling quick to Como.
“We struggled to take management once more; we misplaced too many passes for a group with our high quality, they usually moved us across the pitch, forcing us to chase,” mentioned the 66-year-old in his post-match interview with Sky Sport Italia through IlBianconero.
“It was a succession of errors, after which the two–0 cut up us in two. It was an unpleasant defeat.”
Luciano Spalletti dissatisfied with regressing Juventus
The previous Roma and Napoli boss additionally admitted that the group is now again to sq. one after seeing all of the progress unravelled, whereas urging the gamers to seek out again their confidence again.
“It’s what we’ve been saying: when outcomes don’t come, issues pile onto the gamers and create stress that’s exhausting to shake off with self-belief and conviction.
“However in case you then go on the market and misplace passes, every little thing turns into much more troublesome. For me, nothing adjustments. I got here right here 5 – 6 video games in the past, saying I believed they’d high quality however didn’t recognise it themselves — it’s the identical now, as a result of we’ve fallen again into that state of affairs.
“It’s precisely like in the beginning. We don’t have the conviction that we’ve potential, and I nonetheless suppose it’s there. All of it depends upon the thoughts. You may’t play the form of soccer we did three or 4 matches in the past in case you don’t have it inside you.”
Lastly, Spalletti requested the Juventus followers to stay behind the group in his delicate second of the marketing campaign.
“I hope the followers preserve supporting us. We now have to just accept and endure some whistles, however we’ve the possibility to get ourselves again on observe.”
