{"id":11249,"date":"2025-01-22T08:56:16","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T08:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=11249"},"modified":"2025-01-22T08:56:16","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T08:56:16","slug":"motta-laments-lack-of-cutting-edge-as-juventus-held-to-another-draw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=11249","title":{"rendered":"Motta Laments Lack of Cutting Edge as Juventus Held to Another Draw"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Juventus manager Thiago Motta (42) was critical of his forwards as his side had to settle for a 0-0 draw at Club Brugge in the Champions League on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Juve<\/a>, who have now drawn more than half of their 30 games in all competitions this season, struggled to create clear-cut chances<\/a> and slipped to 14th in the 36-team table, further away from the last-16 qualification spots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the Italian coach has recovered several players from injury, he also expects his strikers to create more scoring chances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Finally, we are starting to get some players back from injury, above all in attack,” <\/strong>Motta told Sky Sports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We started with Samuel Mbangula<\/a>, Nico Gonzalez<\/a> and Timothy Weah<\/a>, then Kenan Yildiz<\/a>, Dusan Vlahovic<\/a> and Francisco Conceicao<\/a> came on.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“These are all players who can give us something more. Our forwards are the ones who at the moment have to contribute more to the team.”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Despite their 16th draw in 30 games across all competitions this season, Motta had words of praise for Manuel Locatelli<\/a> and his defensive role, as well as Douglas Luiz<\/a> in midfield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It is a way of staying balanced, Manu understands the right moment to drop deep or push forward,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Douglas Luiz is a player with superior technical quality, in good shape physically right now and did very well in recent matches,” Motta added of the Brazilian midfielder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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