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Yahoo
06-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Vlahovic and Koopmeiners: What Juventus training says for Lazio availability
Juventus will travel to the capital to take on Lazio on Saturday in another crucial match in the race for a spot in the Serie A top four, but there are still doubts over both Dusan Vlahovic and Teun Koopmeiners after Igor Tudor's training session on Tuesday. Juventus currently occupy fourth place in the Serie A standings, but they are currently level on points with both Roma and Friday's opponents Lazio on 63, while Bologna sit just one point behind them all on 62 with three games to go, making for an incredibly tight race for a place in next season's Champions League. Advertisement Juventus ended level at 1-1 away against Bologna in a crucial league fixture over the weekend, which means they now have one win, one draw and one loss from their last three matches in Serie A. Koopmeiners has been unavailable for all three of those matches, while Vlahovic had to withdraw midway through the 1-0 loss against Parma, which means that he has also missed the last two through injury. What Tuesday's training told us about Vlahovic and Koopmeiners availability for Lazio-Juventus ROME, ITALY – APRIL 06: Dusan Vlahovic warms up prior to the Serie A match between AS Roma and Juventus at Stadio Olimpico on April 06, 2025 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by) According to reports from both Vlahovic and Koopmeiners trained on personalised programmes at Continassa on Tuesday. Advertisement The rest of the Juventus first-team were separated into two groups for Tuesday's training, one made up of those who started in the 1-1 draw with Bologna on Sunday and one of those who didn't. Tuesday's reports indicate that Vlahovic is still a doubt heading into the Lazio clash at the Stadio Olimpico on Friday, but that he is still in contention to feature. Koopmeiners also remains a doubt, and is slightly less likely to feature against Lazio compared to Vlahovic as things stand. Teun Koopmeiners after the Serie A match between Lecce and Juventus at Stadio Via del Mare on December 01, 2024 in Lecce, Italy. (Photo by) Juventus will also be without Kenan Yildiz against Lazio, as he is set to serve the second game of his two-match suspension for violent conduct after his sending off during the 2-0 win over Monza at the end of April.
Egypt Today
04-03-2025
- Sport
- Egypt Today
Motta praises Juve's composure in late Verona win
TURIN, Italy, March 3 (Reuters) - Juventus had to keep it cool as they patiently awaited an opener in their late home win against Hellas Verona in Serie A on Monday, a conduct coach Thiago Motta appreciated from his players. Misfiring Juventus earned a 2-0 victory thanks to late goals from Khephren Thuram and Teun Koopmeiners, despite creating nearly 30 chances throughout the game and fully dominating their opponents. "The way we got to the three points was important and it wasn't easy," Motta told DAZN. "Being calm means waiting and playing football. It's not easy because after the elimination (from Coppa Italia) the atmosphere was particular and you could have an extra desire and anxiety to do things (right). "When it's like that you leave counter-attacks, and instead we didn't give our opponents that opportunity. In the second half we could have scored even more than the two goals. The boys deserved it and have a lot of quality." Juve suffered a shock Italian Cup exit last week when they were beaten 4-2 on penalties by Empoli in the competition's quarter-finals after the regular time ended in a 1-1 draw. "In the last (cup) match we got our attitude wrong in the first half but we are always very demanding with ourselves, we want to do better and that's the secret," Motta said. "We have to look for something to improve every day. Today we had a great performance but that's part of the past." The Italian-Brazilian coach had words of courage for goalscorer Koopmeiners, who found the back of the net for the first time since the beginning of December. "Koopmeiners did well and I'm very happy for him, he's a special guy," Motta added. "He has a great mentality, it's a privilege for us to have him. He has to be convinced, confident and accept criticism. He's doing well and he'll give us a lot." The 27-year-old Dutch international, who joined Juve from Atalanta for a reported fee of around 55 million euros ($57.68 million) in August, scored his second Serie A goal for the Turin side. Fourth-placed Juventus host Atalanta, in third, on Sunday, with three points separating the sides.
