Juventus market, backstory on the'exoneration of Igor Tudor

Igor Tudor’s adventure on the Bianconeri bench ends a few hours after the defeat at the Stadio Olimpico. The Croatian coach pays 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 Lazio-Juve, reactions have been vehement: from furious fans on social media to internal discontent over some choices, to refereeing controversies. But there is much more behind the exoneration of the coach.

According to the Gazzetta dello Sport, the absence of results accompanied that of a recognizable “style,” bringing back memories to the difficult times of Maifredi’s management. Verona like Como, like Madrid: referees in the crosshairs, calendar under accusation, too many complicated matches one after another. And on the field, fingers pointed at 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 “ferryman” label, always rejected but never quite erased, ended up weighing on his path.

The decision matured quickly, with John Elkann’s direct intervention. Waiting any longer would have meant risking moving away from the noble zone of the standings without solving the main problem: lack of identity. Six months later, the ghost of Thiago Motta – never really gone – materialized at the Continassa. Thus ended, after little more than half a year, Igor Tudor’s experience at the helm of Juventus.