
After the elimination of Juventus in the club World Cup against Real Madrid (1-0), Igor Tudor reported the advanced physical exhaustion of his players. Two of them were replaced for his physical concerns.
At the end of the season, the organizations are exhausted. The fault of an overloaded calendar for the teams that played the European cuts. Juventus is one of them. After his setback against Manchester City in club World Cup last Thursday (5-2), the Turinois chained an eighth finals just as physically terraced against Real Madrid on Tuesday (1-0). Like Lloyd Kelly, released on injury in the 59th minute, for the benefit of Nicolas Gonzalez. At the admission of Igor Tudor, the coach of Juve, almost entirely of his holders was even at the end of the Merengues.
“Now let's rest”
“I want to congratulate the boys because they did what we had prepared,” said Croatian after the meeting. “They gave everything, they were ten to ask for replacements, some were afraid of injuring themselves. At one point, I wanted to make a more offensive replacement, but Khephren Thuram touched behind.”
With the physical difficulties encountered by his players during the meeting, the Croatian technician found himself making changes that were not planned in his tactical scheme. “The replacement of Yildiz is not a technical choice either,” said the Croatian technician.
“Now, let's rest. Then it will be time to talk about all of this,” concluded Igor Tudor. And by “all this”, the former OM coach hears the transfer window of Juventus. According to Sky Sportthe old lady could soon count in her workforce Jonathan David, coming straight from Lille as a free agent.