Juve has to bury the dream of the Scudetto after a nightmare evening. The supporters lose patience.
The proud Juventus recently experienced such humiliation over 50 years ago. The 36-time master went 0: 4 against Atalanta Bergamo on Sunday evening. The last time Juve lost in 1968 (!) In front of a home backdrop with four goals.
Accordingly, the reactions were subsequently out. Numerous spectators left the stadium in the middle of the second half when Ademola Lookmann had scored the fourth goal for the guests (77th). Those who had remained concerned the Juve stars with a jelly pipe concert and those responsible with bitterly evil speakers.
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In view of the events, the Italian sports newspaper Gazzetta Dello Sport wrote about a “embarrassment” and a defeat that could have serious consequences: “It could have been the point where there was no longer back in the relationship between the Bianconeri and her audience. A result that goes into the negative story and shakes the Bianconeri environment. “
Significant: After the final whistle, midfielder Manuel Locatelli tried to announce his teammates in front of the already half-empty curva sud, home of the die-hard juve supporters, but after a brief conversation behind the center line with goalkeeper Michele di Gregorio.
“This is a game that hurts. We have to work as a group, think of the daily work and concentrate on the next game to achieve our goal, “Locatelli later said:” We are a young and inexperienced team, we have to concentrate with the humility we have to improve. “
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Juve coach Thiago Motta, who also referred to the inexperience of his team, also hit a similar notch.
“We are the youngest team in the league, we want to develop further and suffered mentally after the first goal,” said the 42-year-old.
Disappointed Juve fans after the 0: 4 bankruptcy against Atalanta
In fact, Juve regularly sends the youngest starting eleven of Serie A into the race after relegation candidate Parma. After 22 departures in the summer of 2024, the upheaval is in full swing.
Nevertheless, Motta managed to stabilize his team after a rather weak start of the season. Of the 16 points in the meantime, there were only six points left before the game against Atalanta. The old lady hadn’t lost since the 21st matchday.
Fans lose patience
But the end in the trophy against outsider Empoli at the end of February, the failure in the playoffs of the Champions League against Feyenoord a few days earlier and now the highest home bankruptcy in 57 years, which also caused the last dreams burst from the championship, has overused the patience of the supporters.
“Juve is on a roller coaster ride. As soon as things go up a little, it immediately falls back into its own little hell, “analyzed the newspaper Corriere Della Sera :” The stadium is a single tumult of whistles, chants and insults. ” The guests would “walk through the Juventus debris”.