It’s hard to describe just how disappointing the end of the 2025-26 season was. Between the pre-game controversy that led to an hour-long delay, the hammer of Juventus’ elimination from Champions League contention at halftime, or the blown 2-0 lead that led to a disappointing 2-2 Derby della Mole draw to end the season in sixth place, it was hard to register which body blow was which.
But this article is about the match itself, and how the players performed. The men who saw the field in Juve colors
on Sunday night were a decidedly mixed bag, with some playing hard to the end and others laying a final egg in this egg of a season.
How did everyone do in this final match of the season? Let’s take a closer look.
MATTIA PERIN – 6. Made a couple of good saves, but I can’t give him more than a minimum pass. The defense on corners in the second half was abysmal, and a lot of that comes from Perin’s recurring inability to command his box or organize his defense inside it.
PIERRE KALULU – 6. Made two key passes—including one that really should’ve been an assist but for the finish—and was relatively solid defensively. His overall pass completion (84.2) drags him down a little bit.
FEDERICO GATTI – 7. Played very well in place of the suspended Bremer, making nine clearances, and a fantastic interception that kept Torino from tying the game at 1-1.
LLOYD KELLY – 6.5. Made a pair of key passes and was generally strong defensively, although Andrea Cambiaso often gave him more problems than necessary.
WESTON McKENNIE – 6. Made a key pass and floated to whatever position he was needed in, but wasn’t able to impact the game has he has at previous points in the season.
MANUEL LOCATELLI – 6.5. Just missed the frame with two shots that had relatively high degrees of difficulty, and completed nine of his 11 long balls. Led the team with three tackles.
KHÉPHREN THURAM – 6. Found Dusan Vlahovic with a neat entry pass for the assist on the first goal, and completed 96.8 percent of his passes before he was withdrawn. Also one of the few players to have recorded a dribble.
ANDREA CAMBIASO – 5. Abysmal defense on Cesare Casadei’s goal. It’s no wonder he was hauled off shortly thereafter.
FRANCISCO CONCEIÇÃO – 6. His assist was excellent, but he also found himself in so many great positions with very little end product, which has been his issue for two years now. He needs to improve if he’s ever to reach his potential.
JÉRÉMIE BOGA – 5.5. Made mischief in and around the box but didn’t create as much as you would hope.
DUSAN VLAHOVIC – 7. Pushed hard through injury and scored two excellent goals. Also led the team with three key passes, and it’s easy to argue he should’ve had a hat trick when he blazed Kalulu’s cross over the bar not long after he scored the first. If this was his last game at Juventus, it was leaving on a high note.
SUBS
JONATHAN DAVID – 4. Did absolutely nothing after coming on, and significantly reduced the push the attack was able to make.
EMIL HOLM – 5.5. Can’t blame him for the deflection on the equalizer, and he played well defensively overall after coming on. His shot in stoppage time very nearly won the game for Juve. What drags him down is his passing, which was relatively poor.
TEUN KOOPMEINERS – 4. I can’t remember a single thing he did in his 20 minutes on the field. His pass completion was abysmal (57.4 percent) and he didn’t do anything in attack or defense.
FABIO MIRETTI – 4. Didn’t come up with anything while he was on the field.
EDON ZHEGROVA – NR. Didn’t even come up with his usual nifty cross or two.
MANAGER ANALYSIS
It’s not easy to pinpoint anything that Luciano Spalletti did wrong to precipitate the collapse we saw at the end of the game. Removing Vlahovic for David was the first step on the way to disaster, but with Vlahovic not 100 percent healthy it stood to reason that he’d have to come off some time. Apart from that, the depth at his disposal was rather uninspiring.
Frankly, the fact that Juve started the way they did in the first 55 minutes or so of the game as well as they did was a testament to Spalletti’s ability to get them going after an hour’s delay, the knowledge that a fan had been hospitalized, and the despicable way the Ultras abandoned the away section after they didn’t get what they wanted when the game went ahead. That Juve looked to have things in hand as they did is a testament to how well he can motivate a locker room.
We’ll discuss his overall performance as the season in review commences in the coming weeks. But in the microcosm of this game, it’s hard to pin the collapse of this game on him.
LOOKING AHEAD
Once again, we’ve come to the end of a season. On behalf of Danny, Chucks, Sergio, Zach, and all our other contributors, I’d like to thank you for sticking with us through another rough season. A summer of uncertainty comes upon us, and we’ll be here to make as much sense out of it as we can. We’re nothing without this community, and it’s you that keeps us going.
That’s all there is. There isn’t any more.
