{"id":361089,"date":"2025-12-21T03:05:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T03:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/361089\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T03:05:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T03:05:12","slug":"a-double-victory-for-juventus-learning-from-roma-in-2-1-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/361089\/","title":{"rendered":"‘A double victory for Juventus, learning from Roma’ in 2-1 win"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Juventus coach Luciano Spalletti greets Roma coach Gian Piero Gasperini in Turin (@seriea_en)<\/p>\n

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Luciano Spalletti feels Juventus earned a \u2018double victory\u2019 over Roma, by beating them and also learning from their aggressive approach, even if he criticised Edon Zhegrova\u2019s \u2018liquid\u2019 defending.<\/p>\n

The Bianconeri knew this was a huge test of their ambitions, as a defeat would\u2019ve left them seven points adrift of the top four.<\/p>\n

Instead, Francisco Conceicao and Lois Openda got the goals to secure a 2-1 victory<\/a> and take them within a point of the Giallorossi.<\/p>\n

Yet it was that late Tommaso Baldanzi goal conceded at the back post that most irritated Spalletti, with Zhegrova\u2019s error the catalyst.<\/p>\n

Spalletti has praise and criticism for Juventus\"BOLOGNA,BOLOGNA, ITALY \u2013 DECEMBER 14: Luciano Spalletti, Head Coach of Juventus, looks on prior to the Serie A match between Bologna FC 1909 and Juventus FC at Renato Dall\u2019Ara Stadium on December 14, 2025 in Bologna, Italy. (Photo by Alessandro Sabattini\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

\u201cA football match is like an empty box, you can\u2019t just fill it with your own qualities, you\u2019ve got to also put in some of the uncomfortable things you don\u2019t enjoy doing,\u201d he told Sky Sport Italia.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cFor example, in the second half Yildiz dropped back and covered that flank. His opponents know how good he is, but I don\u2019t think he yet realises how good he is, nor how he is already perceived by the other players.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe does the work that he needs to do. When you are facing a team like Roma who are balanced, aggressive, who swarm at you with the third defender, the wing-back and another, if you don\u2019t have Yildiz and Conceicao helping the defence, then they will break through.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, Zhegrova is a player who at this moment cannot do that defensive work. If you can get him running at opponents going forward, he can be deadly. So I have to keep the ball in a position where he only has to do that. If I cannot, then we become vulnerable.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t believe Zhegrova will ever be able to defend solidly, those aren\u2019t his characteristics. When he has to defend, he becomes liquid,\u201d added Spalletti.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe can run back into position, but sometimes you\u2019ve got to cling on to your opponent, to make it a physical duel. It\u2019s not his style.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"EdonEdon Zhegrova arrives for his Juventus medical.<\/p>\n

Spalletti also took time to praise Gian Piero Gasperini\u2019s Roma, who although they didn\u2019t create as many chances, did see a lot of the ball in the first half.<\/p>\n

\u201cRoma are a side who will keep churning and churning, whereas we are not like that, we have moments where we drop out of the game, where we lose the ball cheaply, and lose sight of their wing-backs. They switch from side to side, so if we don\u2019t manage to funnel them in one direction, we use up a lot of energy chasing them down.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven if they weren\u2019t all that dangerous, their tempo, consistency, solidity, all that caused us problems in the first half. We also didn\u2019t make the most of the counter-attacks that opened up. Their constant pressure, it wears you down, and you don\u2019t have the energy needed to go on the counter.<\/p>\n

\u201cGasperini\u2019s teams create these mini-prisons that you feel like you have to break out of, there\u2019s always someone on your back.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"TURIN,TURIN, ITALY \u2013 DECEMBER 02: Luciano Spalletti, Head Coach of Juventus, looks on prior to the Serie C match between Ternana Calcio and Juventus Next Gen at Allianz Stadium on December 02, 2025 in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Valerio Pennicino\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

It is the second consecutive big win for Juve, who had also leapfrogged Bologna with last week\u2019s 1-0 result at the Stadio Dall\u2019Ara.<\/p>\n

Both Francisco Conceicao and Gleison Bremer, the defender with his first start since the meniscus tear on September 27, went off with slight muscular issues.<\/p>\n

Check the Football Italia Player Ratings for Juventus 2-1 Roma<\/a><\/p>\n

Juventus seem to be finding their feet under Spalletti, as they have won six of their last seven competitive matches, losing only to Napoli.<\/p>\n

Considering the fixture list has no more head-to-head clashes coming up, is that an opportunity for Juve to close up on the top?<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like biting you when you ask me things like that,\u201d Spalletti told the interviewer with a laugh.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat does that mean, no big games? They are all difficult now. Winning, and learning from those teams who you manage to beat, represent a double victory, because they also give you self-belief and the knowledge you can fight it out with anyone.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe pushed to the very end, and even when conceding that late goal, the team wanted more. Now we will keep working and hopefully try to claw back some more lost ground.\u201d<\/p>\n


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