The Juventus coach returns to the penalty missed by David against Lecce: “The choice was between Locatelli and Yildiz, but they decided to do it this way and it’s not like you can go and take the ball out of someone’s hands”
The case of the penalty missed by Jonathan David in the match against Lecce continues to be discussed at Juve. A few minutes before the kick-off of the match against Sassuolo, Luciano Spalletti spoke about it to Dazn. “It’s not that we need to listen to those who take their cell phones, film themselves and say the penalty should have been decided by Spalletti, or before, because they are fans of other teams, they tell us what we have to do to cause confusion – says the Juventus coach, making a rather incomprehensible reference -. We always write it on the sheets of paper in the locker room who has to take the penalty and on Sunday (Saturday, ed) it said Locatelli and Yildiz. Then they have a mind and they have a personality, they decided to do so, at that point it’s not like you can go and take the ball away from someone’s hands.”
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The Juventus coach then reiterates his trust in the Canadian striker, who was also chosen as the starter today. “David is someone who, out of twenty-six or twenty-seven penalties, has scored twenty-one in his career (in reality the former Lille player’s score is 31 out of 39, ed.). A centre-forward, from my point of view, can take a penalty even if he wasn’t a penalty taker – insists Spalletti -. He missed a penalty which now puts us in a position to try to win this match at all costs. But it’s normal, everything is under control. I’ve always decided who should beat the penalties, it’s always been like this, someone who has never experienced those moments there on the pitch doesn’t tell us, people who tell us how we have to do it have never been there in the real context and they do it because they are a Milan or Roma fan, they do it to create confusion and here it creates confusion if we make it happen, not because others want to determine it for us.” Finally, just a joke about Chiesa’s possible return to black and white. “I’m glad you’re giving me some news – he replies to Dazn -. I didn’t have a real market meeting. At least I know some news from you and I’ll take it into consideration. As far as I’m concerned and as far as I know, however, the discussion is just like that, thrown out there for the moment, but there’s nothing concrete yet.”