Juventus market, there are those who are sorry for Igor Tudor: messages from his players
Juventus soccer club: Igor Tudor is no longer the Bianconeri’s coach, having paid for the defeat on the Lazio pitch with the l’exonero. Yet several of his now former players have expressed their support for the Croatian coach. Notable among them are Kenan Yildiz, the team’s number 10, and that Gleison Bremer whose injury contributed to the Old Lady’s recent difficulties.
“Thank you for everything, coach. I wish you the best for the future” were Yildiz’s words in one of his posts on Instagram Stories. Almost identical was Bremer’s choice of words: “Thank you for everything mister Tudor. Best of luck for the future!”.
According to the reconstructions that have characterized the first hours following Tudor’s exoneration, the Croatian coach is paying for a tactical and role confusion that has now become evident, but also for a management perceived as increasingly laden with sterile justifications and self-analysis. For the club, those constant reflections appeared as a constant search for alibis. A matter of “Juve style,” one would say.
After the defeat on the Lazio pitch, reactions were vehement: from furious fans on social media to internal discontent over certain choices, to refereeing controversies. But there is much more behind the coach’s exoneration. According to Gazzetta dello Sport, the’absence of results accompanied that of a “recognizable style” bringing back memories to the difficult times of Maifredi management. Verona like Como, like Madrid: referees in the crosshairs, calendar under accusation, too many complicated matches one after the other. And on the field, fingers pointed at the players – the’latest, Cambiaso – accused of no longer making an impact as they once did.
The team, in words, seemed compact. In deeds, much less so. Tudor has never been one for compromise: no throw-in play, no balls swept away, but also little diplomacy in public outings. And that ’Juventus ferryman” label, always rejected but never quite erased, ended up weighing on his path.
