{"id":1447,"date":"2025-05-30T02:58:04","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T02:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/?p=1447"},"modified":"2025-05-30T02:58:04","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T02:58:04","slug":"mays-monthly-juventus-thoughts-battle-for-middle-fourth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/?p=1447","title":{"rendered":"May\u2019s Monthly Juventus Thoughts: Battle for Middle Fourth"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Four games. Fourth place.<\/p>\n

Once upon a time, there were whispers of Juventus mounting a late, surprising title challenge. But, as we know, reality can often be painfully different from our dreams<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, we had no time to cry over broken dreams. We had to face the reality of fighting tooth and nail to secure a place in next season\u2019s Champions League. And it was a fight that required every ounce of our strength to win.<\/p>\n

Four Finals<\/h2>\n

Juventus had four critical games to play in the last month of the season. The first was against the team that would eventually win this season\u2019s Coppa Italia: Bologna. After their spectacular last-minute victory over Inter just a few weeks earlier, our opponents\u2019 confidence was sky high. Juventus took a surprising lead through a stroke of luck. Goalkeeper Lukasz Skorupski completely fumbled Khephren Thuram\u2019s shot in the ninth minute and saw it bounce into goal.<\/p>\n

The Bianconeri <\/em>defended well and Bologna struggled to get any type of momentum in the first half. But they gradually improved and scored a deserved equalizer early in the second half when Remo Freuler\u2019s deflected shot inside the box flew past Michele Di Gregorio, who had had little to do before then. Bologna pushed hard for the winner but despite their dominance, they had only two shots on target all game, one of which was the goal. Final score: 1-1.<\/p>\n