Another game has come and gone without Juventus winning.<\/p>\n
Or even getting a damn point.<\/p>\n
This team is spiraling. They\u2019re out of ideas. They don\u2019t have an identity. They don\u2019t have that same fighting spirity we saw just six weeks ago in the Derby d\u2019Italia comeback last month. And they\u2019re not showing any sort of signs of snapping out of it \u2014 not even with what many viewed as an improved performance just four days earlier against Real Madrid in the Champions League.<\/p>\n
Instead, it was a third defeat in the span of eight days for Igor Tudor and Juventus with Sunday night\u2019s 1-0 loss to Lazio at the Stadio Olimpico. It only extended the run of games without a win for Juventus \u2014 which stretches all the way back to that same victory over Inter Milan six weeks ago at the Allianz Stadium. Since then, Juventus have seemingly forgotten how to score, are looking totally bereft of anything that connects things in attack, are disorganized at the back, have a midfield that doesn\u2019t make any sort of notable impact and don\u2019t show many signs \u2014 if any \u2014 of snapping out of this funk with how things are currently being run.<\/p>\n
If Tudor wasn\u2019t worried about his job status entering the trip to the Italian capital, you have to wonder just how much longer he has as Juventus\u2019 manager and what the chat is going to be like following this loss.<\/p>\n
And to add a little extra salt in the wound, this was a Lazio side that had barely won at home during the 2025 calendar year. Yet, when it came down to what happened Sunday night, Lazio got an early goal thanks to an unofficial assist from Jonathan David on another forgettable night for the Canadian striker,<\/p>\n
It\u2019s hard to know where this team can suddenly improve to potentially save Tudor\u2019s job. They did good things against Real Madrid, sure, but then they come right back and look a lot like the team that lost to Como while facing Lazio. Lazio, to their credit, got the early goal and then just sat on it and dared Juventus to try and beat them. Or, hell, even score on them. They sat back, defended well and then countered when they had the chance to do so. Would you do it any other way if you were facing the Bianconeri right now? I wouldn\u2019t. Juve have gone four straight games without scoring a goal now \u2014 and it\u2019s not like they\u2019re looking like they\u2019re just getting unlucky more than anything.<\/p>\n
This team is in a bad place. A really bad place. And they have a manager who seems to be sticking to his guns \u2014 hey, that sure sounds familiar \u2014 rather than trying to find some sort of alternative to try and get things turned around even in the slightest bit.<\/p>\n
This isn\u2019t solely Tudor\u2019s fault nor should it be viewed that way. This roster, even when everybody is healthy, can be viewed as one that isn\u2019t a complete one. The depth is an issue. The fact that they spent so much on the attack yet didn\u2019t address the backline is being reflected now.<\/p>\n
But it\u2019s not like he\u2019s doing a lot to help this team. They need a spark in the worst possible way \u2014 and they continue to fail to actually find one. Doesn\u2019t matter if it\u2019s the players or the manager, they\u2019re just not meeting this moment, and the results are starting to be the primary proof of that.<\/p>\n
Should Juve have deserved a penalty when Chico Concei\u00e7\u00e3o\u2019s foot was stomped on in the Lazio penalty area? Well, yeah. The fact that his foot got stepped on in the box, he went down and they didn\u2019t even go to VAR to check is just another example of the systematic problem with a replay setup that is being run by folks who are also inconsistent at their job.<\/p>\n
Even without getting that penalty call, what did Juve show us today? What did they do well? What kind of sign did they show us that they are going to snap out of this and maybe go on some sort of run to get back into the top four.<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t think they did. I know I\u2019m not going to be alone in thinking that.<\/p>\n
With AC Milan\u2019s draw with Pisa all the way back on Friday and Napoli\u2019s win over Inter 24 hours earlier, Juventus (somehow) had the chance to get within three points of the new league leaders. Instead, they did what they did on Sunday night and are sitting in a very un-Juventus-like eighth place as they suddenly turn their attention to midweek Serie A action against Udinese and then a trip to Cremona to face Cremonese.<\/p>\n
I honestly have no idea if Tudor will be around to face either of those teams with how things are going.<\/p>\n
It was just another unwatchable performance from a team that is looking mediocre at best this season. There feels like no real in-house answer in sight. That might be the most worrying thing of all.<\/p>\n
RANDOM THOUGHTS AND OBSERVATIONS<\/p>\n
This is bad.This is really bad.Honestly, it was so bad that actually paying complete attention to what Juventus was (or wasn\u2019t) doing in the second half felt like a task in of itself. They are just 11 players out there right now with no sort of cohesion or tactical plan right now. And it\u2019s not even November yet.And Kenan Yildiz, potential knee issue and all, is out there trying to will this team to a win? My man, I love you for that, but now is not the time to risk things for your future.Let\u2019s face it, the way this current club is constructed and looking on the field, why would Yildiz want to commit long term to it? Hard to know how much that fact is playing into the prolonged contract negotiations, but you gotta feel at this point that it certainly ain\u2019t helping at all.Just so we\u2019re clear, though: Yes, it was a penalty and the fact they didn\u2019t even check it just shows us (again) how inept these Serie A referees can be when it comes to important calls.I wonder if Federico Gatti is having flashbacks to last season because he looks like the only defender back there who is actually playing well right now. He\u2019s just blocking shot after shot after shot and it only helps so much with how the team as a whole is playing.I\u2019m pretty sure I lost count of how many long passes Manuel Locatelli tried against Lazio that went right to the other team.Boy, that header by David that was meant for a teammate but went right to somebody in light blue and turned into a goal five seconds later sure does sum up how things are going for him at Juventus.Hell, it might sum up how things are going for the entire team.Remember the Juventus side that played quick and direct when Tudor first showed up in place of Thiago Motta in the spring? I miss that kind of team. This one just had so much possession against Lazio and failed to really do much of anything with it.Juventus attempted 34 crosses against Lazio. They were successful with six of them.Sounds like the perfect time to bring on somebody like Filip Kostic, right? Just spam those crosses even if they aren\u2019t working. It worked out so well!All that possession and Juve just barely outshot Lazio 14-13. Nice.Matteo Guendouzi is somebody who proved to be somebody who was very easy to despise over the course of those 90-something minutes. Just an incredibly dislikable kind of player.Remember when Dusan Vlahovic was scoring goals earlier this season? Yeah, that was nice.Hey, we got to see Joao Mario. That\u2019s something.Lazio were there to get got with how they\u2019ve been playing this season. Then again, so were Juventus.Chico as a quasi-wingback? Sure. why not. (At least he\u2019s working his ass off out there, right?)It\u2019s one thing for Andrea Cambiaso to get turned around by one of Real Madrid\u2019s star attacking players. It\u2019s another thing when it\u2019s Gustav freakin\u2019 Isaksen.I\u2019m tired, boss. I\u2019m really tired.Is Tudor still going to be Juventus\u2019 manager when I wake up in the morning? I dunno!Since Juventus\u2019 last win in September, they\u2019re currently sitting just above the relegation zone when it comes to points earned over that span. Good times.Pass the bourbon. It\u2019s been that kind of week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Another game has come and gone without Juventus winning. Or even getting a damn point. 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