Guendalina Galdi
December 15, 2024 (changed at 11:37) – MILANO
“We put the game on our side and that’s where we have to continue playing, finding solutions in attack to close it out. Instead we left the opponent the chance to reopen it. This is the leap we have to make.” Numbers in hand, Juventus took the lead four times this season and then squandered it. They have never lost, but in this way they left 8 points on the way which today would see them -1 behind leaders Atalanta.
points lost and comebacks
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The Lady is wasteful, she rests after a goal, a quarter of her matches could have ended in success and instead the shadow of a draw fell on them. It happened with Cagliari and Marin’s penalty in the 88th minute after Vlahovic’s, then with Lecce and Rebic who responded to Cambiaso’s goal in the 93rd minute, then with Venezia and let’s also add Inter. Because at San Siro Vlahovic and Weah had overturned Zielinski’s 1-0 but the lead lasted 9 minutes. And there too it ended in a draw.
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what happens
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Eight points lost due to comebacks suffered or matches wasted, all post Champions League. Cagliari after Leipzig, Inter after Stuttgart, Lecce four days after Aston Villa and Venice 72 hours after City. Coincidence? Motta, after having almost suffered his first defeat in the championship, repeated that “Venice has nothing to do with City. Every match has its own emotional story and responsibility”. And the history of this Juve, so far, says that they score and risk settling too much on their narrow advantage. He doesn’t look for the second goal, he fails to close the game, a pierce the ball, to increase the score. Motta recognizes this: “Against certain teams you see that you can’t do this because they instead continue to attack and look for the result. We must continue to attack to close the game and not wait for time to pass to win 1-0. But this is our reality today.”
