Spalletti: Tiredness not a factor in Juve´s second-half slump against Genoa

Luciano Spalletti pushed again the suggestion that tiredness inside his Juventus workforce contributed to their drop in efficiency throughout Monday’s 2-0 victory over Genoa.

Juventus moved to inside one level of the Champions League locations after their win at Allianz Stadium, which was secured by two targets early on within the match.

Bremer’s fourth-minute header opened the scoring for Spalletti’s facet earlier than Weston McKennie rounded off a sweeping counter-attack with a wise end 13 minutes later.

McKennie then missed two wonderful possibilities both facet of half-time from contained in the six-yard field earlier than Jonathan David’s shot from distance thundered towards the left submit.

Nevertheless, Juventus’ lack of depth after the break virtually got here again to chunk them when Bremer fouled Aaron Martin contained in the field, with the choice finally given after a VAR evaluation having seen a free-kick initially awarded.

However half-time substitute Michele Di Gregorio did brilliantly to disclaim Martin from 12 yards, earlier than leaping again to his ft to repel the Spaniard’s volley moments later.

There have been complaints that a few of Juventus’ squad appeared drained, which Spalletti insisted couldn’t be the case as his gamers obtained further day without work within the build-up to the match.

“It wasn’t tiredness, we didn’t prepare yesterday or the day earlier than,” Spalletti advised Sky after full-time, as quoted by Soccer Italia.

“I left them alone as a result of they wanted to get well. They’d two days off, a coaching session and a half, after which they took a break, in order that’s not the case.”

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Regardless of Spalletti’s issues, it was a constructive day for Juventus, who pulled three factors away from sixth-placed Roma, who have been crushed by leaders Inter on Sunday.

Spalletti additionally grew to become the fourth supervisor to win 300 video games in Serie A, after Giovanni Trapattoni (352), Massimiliano Allegri (320) and Nereo Rocco (302).

Juventus have additionally now received three of their final 4 Serie A video games (D1), as many victories as they’d of their earlier eight (D2 L3), although the Bianconeri boss conceded that he nonetheless doesn’t at all times know what sort of efficiency he’s going to get from his gamers.

“Generally we’ve got to simply accept that we aren’t the very best variations of ourselves. After six or seven months right here, I’m nonetheless unsure what I’m coping with,” Spalletti added.

“It’s not potential to have a primary half like that after which a second half like that. And in the event that they go forward and rating the penalty, it turns into a really troublesome night.”

Juventus return to league motion on Saturday towards Atalanta, with fellow clashes towards European-chasing Bologna and AC Milan to come back of their subsequent three matches.