{"id":819184,"date":"2025-01-12T08:12:37","date_gmt":"2025-01-12T14:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/12\/motta-laments-yet-another-draw-after-torino-frustrate-juventus\/"},"modified":"2025-01-12T08:12:37","modified_gmt":"2025-01-12T14:12:37","slug":"motta-laments-yet-another-draw-after-torino-frustrate-juventus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/12\/motta-laments-yet-another-draw-after-torino-frustrate-juventus\/","title":{"rendered":"Motta laments yet another draw after Torino frustrate Juventus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mmwebhandler.aff-online.com\/C\/35442?sr=155474&#038;anid=\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.soccernews.com\/wp-content\/themes\/SN\/images\/300x250_HR.gif\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Juventus coach Thiago Motta lamented his side\u2019s performance in Saturday\u2019s 1-1 derby draw against Torino.<\/p>\n<p>The Bianconeri remain unbeaten in Serie A this season but have drawn 12 of their 19 matches.<\/p>\n<p>Nikola Vlasic cancelled out Kenan Yildiz\u2019s early opener on Saturday, leaving Juve \u2013 who are fifth \u2013 11 points behind Serie A leaders Napoli.<\/p>\n<p>Juve are just the second side to draw at least 12 of the opening 19 games in a Serie A season in the three points for a win era, after Inter in the 2004-05 campaign (13).<\/p>\n<p>And Motta is growing increasingly frustrated with his team\u2019s inability to turn draws into wins.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe started well, but after taking the lead we dropped too deep, allowing them to create chances. We could have been more aggressive or avoided letting them reach that dangerous area,\u201d Motta told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can do better from the point of view of aggressiveness. We didn\u2019t finish in the right way to win the game. We [have] talked about this situation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDefinitely too many draws, especially after leading games. With a young squad and some injuries. Never an excuse, we\u2019ve lost only two matches in all competitions.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">3 \u2013 Kenan <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Yildiz?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Yildiz<\/a> became the 3rd youngest player to score in both derbies between <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Juventus?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Juventus<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Torino?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Torino<\/a> in a single <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SerieA?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SerieA<\/a> season (19 years and 252 days), after Bruno Nicole (19y, 19d in 1958-59 ) and Felice Borel (19y, 25d in 1932-33). Protagonist.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DerbyDellaMole?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DerbyDellaMole<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nhmuIvM2SK\">pic.twitter.com\/nhmuIvM2SK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 OptaPaolo (@OptaPaolo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OptaPaolo\/status\/1878134391001473144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 11, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A depleted Juventus faced their city rivals without striker Dusan Vlahovic, who was sidelined with a muscle issue.<\/p>\n<p>Douglas Luiz, though, did make his return from injury. The Brazil international, who joined Juve from Aston Villa last year, has been linked with a move away from the club this month, but Motta was impressed by his display.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe played very well, I\u2019m very happy with his performance,\u201d Motta said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need as many fit players in the squad as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Matters do not get easier for Juve, who face high-flying Atalanta next before taking on AC Milan.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.soccernews.com\/motta-laments-yet-another-draw-after-torino-frustrate-juventus\/380481\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>SoccerNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Juventus coach Thiago Motta lamented his side\u2019s performance in Saturday\u2019s 1-1 derby draw against Torino. The Bianconeri remain unbeaten in Serie A this season but have drawn 12 of their 19 matches. Nikola Vlasic cancelled out Kenan Yildiz\u2019s early opener on Saturday, leaving Juve \u2013 who are fifth \u2013 11 points behind Serie A [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":819185,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[92957,135899,2005],"tags":[8111,135898],"class_list":{"0":"post-819184","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-laments","8":"category-motta","9":"category-soccer","10":"tag-laments","11":"tag-motta"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=819184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819184\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/819185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=819184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=819184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=819184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}