Round 5: Juventus vs. Atalanta match preview

For a squad that regarded fairly drained as they dropped factors for the primary time in Serie A this season, every week’s price of relaxation in between video games felt like one thing that was precisely what the physician (or, on this case, coaching workers) ordered to try to remedy these ills.

The factor is, although, Juventus’ first assembly of the season with Atalanta is the start of one other huge stretch heading into one other worldwide break.

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Reasonably than having three video games in eight days, Juventus could have three video games over the subsequent 9 days, beginning with Ivan Juric’s Atalanta squad that has began the 2025-26 season comparatively properly underneath their new supervisor. For each of those two golf equipment, who’re sitting in second and fifth by way of the primary 4 matchdays of the brand new marketing campaign, that is one other a kind of early-season exams on the eve of one other midweek Champions League check that can give us one other clue as to the place they each stand. We all know that Juve supervisor Igor Tudor has been annoyed by a number of issues these days — the quantity of objectives his workforce is permitting, the refereeing choices which have gone in opposition to the Bianconeri each domestically and in Europe — and with who they’ve arising each this weekend and over the subsequent few weeks, these issues should enhance in the event that they need to proceed this profitable begin to the season.

The nice factor, in fact, is that Juve are getting into Saturday night’s matchup in Turin with a while to catch their breath after a whirlwind week that consisted of a wild 4-3 win over Inter Milan within the Derby d’Italia, an equally loopy 4-4 draw with Borussia Dortmund three days later to start their Champions League marketing campaign after which lastly a dour 1-1 draw in opposition to Hellas Verona.

Was it regarding simply how bodily and mentally drained Tudor’s squad regarded on the Bentegodi? Yeah, a bit of. You by no means need to see your squad trying that zapped regardless of the circumstances all of 5 video games into the season.

However the hope is that with a lot time in between the draw in opposition to Hellas Verona and Atalanta’s go to to Turin this weekend, Tudor could have been capable of appropriate issues each when it comes to how his workforce is feeling and the way they’ve been enjoying — particularly on the again having allowed eight objectives of their final three video games in all competitions.

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We all know that Atalanta isn’t any joke despite the fact that Gian Piero Gasperini has traded in dwelling in Bergamo for the Italian capital. There isn’t a extra proof in that contemplating it’s been seven years since Juventus final beat Atalanta when dealing with La Dea in Turin. As a lot as Juric’s squad is coming off a really notable 4-0 loss to reigning European champions Paris Saint-Germain their Champions League opener final week, they have been capable of do what Juve wasn’t — reply with a win, beating Torino by practically the identical scoreline.

There’s additionally this: For the second time in three video games in all competitions, there will probably be an all-Croatia matchup alongside the sidelines, with Tudor dealing with his good friend and fellow Break up, Croatia, native in Juric who’s three years his senior.

“His work has typically been underestimated, however he’s at all times achieved good outcomes with the groups he’s coached,” Tudor mentioned of Juric, a former participant and assistant coach underneath Gasperini. “He had some unhealthy luck with Roma final yr, after which in England, however his capability is evident for anyone to see.”

So lots just like the matchup in opposition to Inter two weeks in the past, it is a check of Juve’s chops to see simply how issues have progressed throughout the early weeks of the 2025-26 season. There’s additionally the added layer of seeing how Tudor’s squad will rebound from trying so exhausted in opposition to Hellas Verona and if there’s any form of defensive enhancements as in comparison with dealing with Inter and Borussia Dortmund. Atalanta nonetheless has the expertise to make Juve pay if these defensive points are nonetheless ever-present — one thing that’s not breaking information to anyone who is aware of how the La Dea machine has labored for the higher a part of the final decade.

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TEAM NEWS

JUVENTUS PLAYER TO WATCH

With Juventus’ objective scorer from final weekend probably out of motion this weekend, it’s trying like the opposite half of the Bianconeri’s Deadline Day signings is in line to make his full debut.

Which, for lots of oldsters, is sort of the thrilling proposition to see happen. So why not discuss him?

If lots of the anticipated lineups popping out of the Italian press are to be believed, Edon Zhegrova is about to make his first Juventus begin this weekend. As talked about above, this comes after a pair of considerably brief appearances off the bench in opposition to Borussia Dortmund after which Hellas Verona, giving us a small glimpse of what he’s able to on the sphere and what he can add to this workforce.

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After all, a kind of transient cameos was higher than the opposite — lots like you possibly can say about Juve’s general efficiency in assault in opposition to Dortmund as in comparison with Hellas Verona. For Zhegrova, although, these have been the primary couple of steps in a comeback that would very properly see him make his first begin in practically 10 months this weekend.

And if that’s the case, the most important factor for the 26-year-old Zhegrova is simply what number of minutes he’ll be capable to play and the way he seems over the course of his first prolonged run in a Juventus jersey. We all know what he can do properly when he’s at his finest — be a harmful dribbler with the ball, create scoring alternatives for his teammates, convey a ridiculous amongst of swag to the sphere. That’s what he does when he’s at his finest, and he supplied just a few glimpses of that in Juve’s late comeback in opposition to Dortmund final week.

This what Tudor needed to say about Zhegrova forward of Juve dealing with Atalanta: “Zhegrova is working away in the direction of reaching high type.”

If that’s the case, then seeing him in opposition to Atalanta could properly simply give this workforce the jolt of vitality they want after final weekend’s draw with Hellas Verona. We need to see Edon cook dinner, and Saturday could be the first huge alternative for him to do exactly that.

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MATCH INFO

When: Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025.

The place: Allianz Stadium, Turin, Italy.

Official kickoff time: 6 p.m. native time in Italy and throughout Europe, 5 p.m. in the UK, 12 p.m. Jap time, 11 a.m. Central time, 9 a.m. Pacific time.

HOW TO WATCH

Tv: CBS, Fox Deportes (United States); TLN (Canada).

On-line/Streaming: Paramount+, CBS Sports activities Golazo Community, DAZN USA, Amazon Prime Video (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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