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Possibly it’s due to the truth that Juventus performed their final aggressive recreation all of about six weeks in the past, the truth that this summer time has been extraordinarily mellow in comparison with what we noticed final yr or simply the straightforward matter of how expectations are nowhere close to the place they had been for the earlier supervisor, the Bianconeri beginning their 2025-26 season this weekend doesn’t have the identical type of gusto that’s coming together with it.
This Sunday evening, Juventus are taking to the Allianz Stadium area for his or her season opener in opposition to Parma.
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It’s the beginning of a brand new season, however with how congested the footballing calendar has turn out to be, it’s generally arduous to not really feel like one season ends and one other one simply rolls proper up behind it.
However in a summer time that has seen loads of adjustments round Serie A — each when it comes to managerial departures and arrivals in addition to loads of expertise head out to the riches of the Premier League as soon as once more — Juventus’ squad is … comparatively the identical. We all know that Igor Tudor was confirmed as supervisor previous to Juve’s participation within the Membership World Cup. Whereas we’ve heard loads of rumors about a few of final summer time’s main items of enterprise leaving, the one one to truly have left by the point issues kick off in opposition to Parma has been Douglas Luiz, who joined Nottingham Forest earlier this week. Names which were linked with potential exits — Nico González, Lloyd Kelly and, in fact, Dusan Vlahovic — are nonetheless right here with various expectations of what their roles could also be.
But, a brand new season is about to start.
And with it, it’s nonetheless comparatively arduous to say what the ceiling is for this crew — and never in the best way wherein they make you assume they’ve an infinite quantity of potential as a result of they’ve bought a lot expertise.
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Is that this a nonplussed type of feeling in regards to the new season? Yeah, kinda, I suppose.
I’m definitely not as jazzed up for the beginning of this season as I used to be in comparison with when Thiago Motta strolled out of the tunnel on the Allianz in that recent trying swimsuit and proceeded to see his crew stroll previous Como within the 2024-25 opener. Tudor can be sporting a swimsuit identical to Motta was, however he’s definitely not receiving the identical type of hype as the person he changed again in March.
Possibly it’s higher that type of means. All of us bear in mind the preseason hype surrounding Motta after which noticed it crash out and go up in smoke all of 9 months later. This summer time has been extra about what Juventus hasn’t been capable of do — offload its most costly gamers, safe offers for everything of the small variety of gamers linked to the membership, specifically Randal Kolo Muani — slightly than even rivaling the extremely hectic summer time from 2024.
We’ll see if it pays off on Sunday evening.
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Juventus’ opponent on the Allianz this weekend simply so occur to be the identical Parma facet that took factors off the Bianconeri in each of their conferences final season. Nonetheless, this can be a Parma that has a brand new coach — and one which, at 30 years outdated, is almost a decade youthful than the fella penning this level — and simply offered arguably its largest asset in Giovanni Leoni final week. The previous Arsenal assistant — who simply so occurs to even have spent a brief period of time teaching in Juve’s youth academy — made his official debut as supervisor final weekend when Parma beat Serie B facet Pescara within the opening spherical of the Coppa Italia. (No, no extra Zeman. Sorry, of us.)
We all know that how Juve does of their season opener gained’t be indicative of how the remainder of the marketing campaign will go. There’s no have to look wherever apart from final season for proof of that. However on the subject of Juventus having a really winnable recreation to attempt to set up some early-season momentum, you’ll be able to’t ask for rather more than what they’ve on Sunday evening.
Simply so long as they keep away from what they did in opposition to Parma final season, that’s.
TEAM NEWS
Whereas Sunday evening’s fixture is not going to be his first recreation in command of Juventus, it can mark the third time in as a few years wherein the Bianconeri may have any person completely different managing their season opener.
Juventus do have some accidents of notice regardless that it has been a comparatively drama-free preseason on that entrance. The long-term harm record consists of Nicolo Savona (ankle harm suffered on the Membership World Cup). Juan Cabal (ACL surgical procedure in November) and Arek Milik (endless causes for not taking part in).
Additionally on the harm record is backup goalkeeper Mattia Perin and midfielder Fabio Miretti. Perin might be again as early as subsequent week in opposition to his former membership Genoa, whereas Miretti — if he finally ends up staying at Juventus and never going out on mortgage someplace — is predicted to return sooner or later after the September worldwide break.
Each of Juventus’ new summer time signings, Jonathan David and Joao Mario, are anticipated to be within the beginning lineup in opposition to Parma. (We’ll speak about certainly one of these guys in a second or two.)
Simply n case we wanted remaining affirmation, Sunday evening will certainly be Gleison Bremer’s return to the Juventus beginning lineup, his first official look since his ACL harm in opposition to RB Leipzig in October.
In case you’re questioning, the referee for this one can be Matteo Marcenaro. Keep in mind him? It’s best to! He was the referee through the 2-2 draw with Salernitana wherein we thought Juventus had one it tremendous late however their game-winning purpose was known as offside regardless that Antonio Candreva was holding everyone onside. Good instances, proper?
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JUVENTUS PLAYER TO WATCH
New season. New striker up entrance. The best-paid participant in Serie A continues to be round, in order that technically doesn’t imply a brand new No. 9 simply but, nevertheless it’s only a matter of time earlier than that really occurs.
So, yeah. Let’s speak about Canada. Or at the very least Juventus’ new Canadian frontman.
As talked about, Jonathan David is nearly sure to start out up prime as Juventus’ No. 9 in Tudor’s 3-4-2-1 in opposition to Parma on Sunday evening regardless that he gained’t be the membership’s official No. 9 jersey-wise this season. It’s the place wherein we’ve all anticipated him to take over for the reason that day he signed it doesn’t matter what any person like Vlahovic is perhaps as much as when the 2025-26 season started. (Trace: he’s nonetheless right here.)
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Sunday evening will mark a very long time coming for David, who had reportedly been focused on signing with Juventus for the higher a part of the previous 12 months. He bought his transfer completed in early July, and now it’s time to do precisely what he did in France — if not probably extra.
Rating targets.
Rating numerous targets.
And possibly get a good quantity of assists, too.
In terms of David, we’ve already seen in small glimpses the impression he can have on a crew’s assault through the preseason friendlies he participated in. We’ve seen the best way he might develop one thing with Kenan Yildiz. We’ve seen the flexibility to make use of his agility and mobility to his benefit in order that he’s additionally capable of create probabilities for teammates slightly than primarily being a one-trick pony and remoted up entrance. There simply appears to be extra potentialities for the way Juve could possibly damage groups within the remaining third now in contrast to some months in the past when Vlahovic was nonetheless getting huge minutes.
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Will he scored an overhead kick each trip like he did in Juve’s remaining pleasant in opposition to Atalanta final weekend? In fact not. However David’s expertise is apparent — and now he will get the prospect to lastly present it in Turin after a lot ready.
MATCH INFO
When: Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025.
The place: Allianz Stadium, Turin, Italy.
Official kickoff time: 8:45 p.m. in Italy and the Central European time zone, 7:45 p.m. in the UK, 2:45 p.m. Japanese time, 11:45 a.m. Pacific time.
HOW TO WATCH
Tv: CBS Sports activities Community (United States); TLN (Canada); TNT Sports activities 1 (United Kingdom).
On-line/Streaming: Paramount+, DAZN USA, Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV (United States); DAZN Canada; fuboTV Canada; Amazon Prime Video; Fubo Sports activities Community Canada (Canada); DAZN UK (United Kingdom); DAZN Italia, Sky Go Italia (Italy).
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