Dusan will miss the next match against Atalanta due to disqualification: “Juve’s center forward must be decisive and I wasn’t. But the problem is that we didn’t win, not me who didn’t score”
You see Naples and then you don’t score. 2024 so far has been very generous with Dusan Vlahovic, who started it with the beauty of 9 goals, but it didn’t help him break the Maradona curse: zero goals with the Juventus shirt despite the several opportunities he received happened last night. Three in the first half alone, a header, a lob that hit the post and a shot off target. Then a free kick and another chance in the second half. Dusan stopped on the evening when Federico Chiesa finally broke free, scoring his second center of the new year after the one against Sassuolo. Ups and downs of a couple who had dragged Juventus in the first part of the season and who are now unable to find the same harmony again.
My fault
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Vlahovic, however, doesn’t look for excuses, he speaks as a true leader and takes all the responsibility: “The Juve striker must be decisive and I wasn’t. I had important opportunities that could have resolved the match but I made a mistake. I don’t look for justifications, if I want to become what I want I have to exploit these situations. The team played a great game but if we had scored it would have gone differently. Congratulations to my teammates, we gave everything, if I had capitalized on one of the scoring opportunities it would have gone differently. When I don’t follow my intuition, it’s going badly. On the third occasion I wanted to take the ball forward, but then I decided to shoot immediately. I saw the ball a little short, I thought one of their players was coming and I decided to kick first. I have to do better, I will continue to work and I am convinced that the goals will come. My goal is to become a great striker, but the problem is that we haven’t won, not that I haven’t scored. I hope to be able to score goals again in the next match.” Which won’t be against Atalanta, because Vlahovic has received a yellow card which, as a warning, will force him to miss the next match against Juve. “We must continue on this path and already expect to win the championship next year – added the Serbian number 9 -. At the end of the year I will be happy if we win a trophy and qualify for the Champions League. I’ll leave personal things aside And I want to return to the Champions League as second in the standings, not third.”
There is still Faith
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Max Allegri, however, can console himself with the return to scoring of the other former Viola, Chiesa, who put the game back on track when in the second half he switched to playing the right winger in the trident. The 7 goals scored so far this season are already the second best result with Juve (8 in 2020-21), but the last period has been unfortunate, between physical stops and dull performances. Fede’s goal is to find continuity to help the team defend second place and get to the European Championship. Without Dusan it will be up to him to take charge of the team against Atalanta, when returning to winning ways will be fundamental for Europe.
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