A nine games from the end of a season that will end without trophies, the Juventus Turin He changed coach: the most successful club of Italian football on Sunday fired Thiago Motta in office since July, and replaced it with Igor Tudor. The “old lady” hoped to have found the “new Pep” Guardiola, but gave birth to a sensational flop that will cost her twenty million euros. Eight months after signing a three -year contract with Juve, the 42 -year -old Motta was asked to pack the team while his team, eliminated last month by the Champions League and Italian Cup, is in a disappointing 5th place in Serie A.
Official press release of Juventus
Juventus announces that it has raised Thiago motta from the position of coach of the first men’s team. The club thanks Thiago Motta and all his staff for their professionalism and their work, wishing them the best for the future, “explained Juve in his press release. After the home defeat of Fiorentina (3-0) who followed the heaviest home defeat since 1967 (4-0 against Atalanta), the Juventus leaders had however assured that their Italian-Brazilian coach was not threatened.
Decision during the break for the national teams
But thanks to the break for the national teams, they multiplied the interviews with the same Motta and the players, to get to the conclusion that it was no longer the suitable man for work. To save his season and alleviate his still fragile finances, Juve, relegated to twelve points from Inter, must imperatively close in 4th place, the latest qualification for the next Champions League. However, after the two consecutive defeats against Atalanta and Fiorentina, it slipped to 5th place (52 points), a point behind Bologna (4th, 53 points) and under the threat of Lazio (6th, 51 points), Rome (7th, 49 points) and Fiorentina (8th, 48 points).
Disappointment from the beginning of the season
If the dynamics of the last few weeks have been particularly negative, it is from the beginning of the season that Motta’s Juve version has disappointed. Two figures summarize his difficulties: 13 as a number of draws suffered in Serie A and -12 as a difference in this phase of the season with Juve trained a year ago from Massimiliano Allegrithen condemned to gemonias.
Juve DNA loss
More serious in the eyes of the fans, under the management of Motta, Juve has lost part of his DNA. They suffer a lot and are no longer up to their motto “until the end”: they suffered a draw or a defeat in 87.5% of the matches in which they were at a disadvantage.
Disappointing performance of summer purchases
Motta was not even helped by the disappointing performance of expensive summer purchases such as the Brazilian defender Douglas Luiz (50 million euros) or the Dutch midfielder Teun Koopmeiners (51 million euros). Also The Redal Redal Redalityon loan from PSG in January, was involved in the Piedmontese darkness: after scoring five goals in the first three games, the French national team has been silent since February 7. It was precisely the management of his team that was fatal for Motta. He “lost” his locker room by continually changing his eleven owner (39 different formations in 42 games in all competitions), relegating his pointh to the bench Dusan Vlahovic or using the Turkish phenomenon less and less Kenan Yildiz.
Igor Tudor new coach
His substitute, Igor Tudorknows Juve well, having played us (1998-2005, 2006-07), then having been an assistant to Andrea Pirlo in 2020-21. According to the Italian press, the Croatian technician with a strong temperament, which trained Verona (2021-22), Marseille (2022-23) and Lazio (2024), signed only until the end of the season. At the same time, the Piedmontese leaders hope to convince a fame coach, like Antonio Conte o Stefano Piolirespectively to the guide of Naples and Al-Nassr, in Saudi Arabia, to join them in June for the Club World Cup. Another possible candidate is Roberto Manciniformer coach of Inter and Manchester City, without work since he left his position as a coach of Saudi Arabia.