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One of the downfalls that led to Igor Tudor being sacked as Juventus’ manager two weeks ago was the simple fact that his team just wasn’t scoring goals. And, as you can probably figure out, the fewer goals you score, then the less likely you are to win games no matter if it’s domestically or […]
It took all of one full week on the job for Luciano Spalletti to personally find out about the issues that have hampered Juventus over the last couple of seasons. You know, the reasons as to why there became a path for him to actually become manager of a team nobody really had thoughts about […]
It’s the beginning of a new work week, folks. It’s also the beginning of a new international break, with no club football on the schedule for the next 12 days or so. From Monday until Friday, we hopefully won’t have much going on when it comes to the club game. Which, a lot like the […]
The old line that every goalkeeper who plays against Juventus suddenly becomes some Titan-level mix of Lev Yashin and Gianluigi Buffon has gotten cliche over the years, but cliches often form around truth. And over the last week, it has been a deep truth. After watching Rui Silva reject shot after shot on Tuesday in […]
OK, this is getting ridiculous. Just days after settling for a Champions League point against Sporting CP in large part because goalkeeper Rui Silva went absolutely bonkers and denied what looked to be certain goals, forcing them to settle for a draw, it was deja vu all over again for Juventus in Saturday’s first running […]
At some point, you feel like Juventus should be able to take advantage of the plethora of scoring chances they have created under Luciano Spalletti over the last eight days. The problem is, getting to that point has felt like pulling teeth rather than actually enjoying the fact that Juve are looking better in attack […]
MATCH INFO When: Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025. Where: Allianz Stadium, Turin, Italy. Official kickoff time: 6 p.m. local time in Italy and across Europe, 5 p.m. in the United Kingdom, 12 p.m. Eastern time, 11 a.m. Central time, 9 a.m. Pacific time. STARTING LINEUPS Juventus starting XI (3-4-2-1/3-4-3): Di Gregorio; Kalulu, Rugani, Koopmeiners; McKennie, Locatelli (c), Thuram, Cambiaso; Conceicao, […]
Once the final whistle sounds Saturday night at the Allianz Stadium, Luciano Spalletti will hopefully have a chance to breathe a little bit. He has been Juventus’ manager for all of a week now, but he’s about to manage his third game over that span because the schedule is unrelenting in the year 2025. And […]
Welcome to the Friday edition of the Zona Mista, everybody. Congrats — you’ve made it through another work week. And now, we’re just a day away from the first Turin derby of the 2025-26 season. So while we wait for things to go down at the Juve shareholders’ meeting, here are some news items. Away […]
It’s time to tap the mic to make sure this thing is still on. Has anything happened since the last time we were able to find the time to drop a daily edition of the Zona Mista on you guys? (I check, but I’m pretty sure we all know the answer to that.) But now […]
It is not breaking news that Juventus’ domestic and European campaigns have not exactly gone all that well through the first 2 1/2 months of the 2025-26 season. It is why Igor Tudor found himself out of a job two Mondays ago, thus resulting in the arrival of Luciano Spalletti and his much more accomplished […]
It was an excruciating day at the J Stadium on Tuesday, as Juventus came agonizingly close to a winning goal against Sporting CP, only to be denied by last-second blocks, misjudged runs, or high-level saves by goalkeeper Rui Silva. In short, rotten luck. Given the position the result puts Juve in in the League Phase, […]
When I was a freshman in high school, my homeroom teacher’s name was Mr. Bobo. No, I’m dead serious, that’s actually his surname. Mr. Bobo was — well, is, the man’s still very much alive — a man of few words, who often watched the world in front of him with an attitude that could […]
If Luciano Spalletti’s first two games as Juventus manager have shown us anything, it’s that he’s been able to unlock a few things when it comes to this team’s previously frustrating chance creation issues. The finishing of those chances, though? That’s still a problem. Juventus outshot Sporting CP by nearly a 5-to-1 margin on Tuesday […]
MATCH INFO When: Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025. Where: Juventus Stadium, Turin, Italy. Official kickoff time: 9 p.m. local time in Italy and across Europe, 8 p.m. in the United Kingdom, p.m. Eastern time, 2 p.m. Central time, 1 p.m. Pacific time. STARTING LINEUPS Juventus starting XI (3-4-2-1/3-4-3): Di Gregorio; Kalulu, Gatti, Koopmeiners; McKennie, Thuram, Locatelli (c), Cambiaso; Conceicao, Yildiz; […]
As Luciano Spalletti heads into his second game as Juventus manager, he can still count on one hand how many training sessions he has had with his new club. The simple fact of when he took over for Igor Tudor and how unrelenting the schedule can be for a club playing domestically and in Europe […]
Well, it’s safe to say that last week was a rather eventful one for Juventus. And not because they actually won a game or two after going nearly two months without claiming three points. It is because the winless run Juventus went on cost Igor Tudor his job as Juventus manager. That news came down […]
New Juventus manager Luciano Spalletti has his first win at the club under his belt and now he has his best attacking player back on the training field ahead of a big European fixture. Juventus have received a huge boost ahead of Tuesday night’s Champions League matchup against Sporting CP in Turin — the return […]
A coach was fired, a CEO departed, a financial investigation, and the worst run of form in almost two decades. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Mad Max: Thunderdome, where two men enter, and one man leaves! Juventus, where chaos has become the norm! It really is a strange time at the club. We’re making headlines […]
The Luciano Spalletti era started for Juventus on Saturday with a 2-1 victory over Cremonese. That scoreline could’ve been a lot more had one or two things gone a little differently, but the new-look Juve had little ultimate problem despite Cremonese making things slightly too interesting with a late goal. How did the players look […]
After winning their first game in the post-Igor Tudor era on Wednesday under stand-in coach Massimo Brambilla, Saturday’s match against Cremonese was the Juventus debut of their new full-time manager, Luciano Spalletti. The result was the same. The way they got there was decidedly different. Brambilla only had one training session between Tudor’s firing and […]
When the first day of November arrives every year, it’s also a day to celebrate at Juventus — it’s the Old Lady’s birthday, with the grand and most successful Italian club turning 128 years old in 2025. The catch this season is that Juve’s birthday comes on the same day in which Luciano Spalletti made […]
MATCH INFO When: Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. Where: Stadio Giovanni Zini, Cremona, Italy. Official kickoff time: 8:45 p.m. local time in Italy and across Europe, 7:45 p.m. in the United Kingdom, 3:45 p.m. Eastern time, 2:45 p.m. Central time, 12:45 p.m. Pacific time. (Please note that the fall time change has gone into effect in Italy, thus having […]
For the third time in the span of a week, Juventus will have a different manager on the sideline barking out instructions to the 11 players on the field. Of course, that’s a little tongue-in-cheek, but it just shows you how quickly the fixtures are coming at Juventus regardless of their managerial situation. But after […]
We already knew new Juventus manager was going to be without Juventus’ best defender when he made his managerial debut at the club this weekend against Cremonese. Upon Juve’s departure for Cremona on Friday evening, we found out Spalletti will be without the Bianconeri’s best attacking player, too. Juventus star attacker Kenan Yildiz was not […]