Spalletti: Juventus is under suspicion and losing confidence

Juventus drew 2-2 with Fiorentina in Florence. After Mateo Pellegrino's header put the Bianconeri behind within four minutes, Nick Woltemade's first Serie A goal brought them level. Fiorentina then regained the lead through Alieu Njie's goal, but Gleison Bremer had the final word. He headed in Douglas Luiz's corner to make it 2-2.

At the end of the match, Luciano Spalletti pointed to his team's stability problem. Speaking to DAZN Italia, the coach said the team behaved as if they were drowning in a glass of water and had lost confidence in their game. Spalletti summed up the situation with the words: "For ten minutes we play very well, then another shortcoming appears. We cannot be consistent either as a team or as individuals."

Guglielmo Vicario had made the first save on Njie's goal. However, the defence was slow to clear the ball, which allowed the Fiorentina player to put it into the net. Spalletti said that at certain moments his side waited where they were instead of making decisions and taking the initiative.

In this match, Juventus played Jeremie Boga and Randal Kolo Muani on the wings and sent Woltemade out as the centre forward. Spalletti explained that Fiorentina's aggressive approach and his own side's insufficiently good build-up were the reasons for this choice. He spoke positively about Kolo Muani's form.

Both sides protested to the referees late in the match. Radu Dragusin's goal was disallowed after an objection against Bremer. Juventus also appealed for a penalty over a possible handball by Joao Mario, but the request was rejected. When the incident was shown again, Spalletti replied with a smile: "I don't know, is there another question?"