Another game has come and gone without Juventus winning.
Or even getting a damn point.
This team is spiraling. They’re out of ideas. They don’t have an identity. They don’t have that same fighting spirity
we saw just six weeks ago in the Derby d’Italia comeback last month. And they’re not showing any sort of signs of snapping out of it — not even with what many viewed as an improved performance just four days earlier against Real Madrid in the Champions League.
Instead, it was a third defeat in the span of eight days for Igor Tudor and Juventus with Sunday night’s 1-0 loss to Lazio at the Stadio Olimpico. It only extended the run of games without a win for Juventus — which stretches all the way back to that same victory over Inter Milan six weeks ago at the Allianz Stadium. Since then, Juventus have seemingly forgotten how to score, are looking totally bereft of anything that connects things in attack, are disorganized at the back, have a midfield that doesn’t make any sort of notable impact and don’t show many signs — if any — of snapping out of this funk with how things are currently being run.
If Tudor wasn’t worried about his job status entering the trip to the Italian capital, you have to wonder just how much longer he has as Juventus’ manager and what the chat is going to be like following this loss.
And to add a little extra salt in the wound, this was a Lazio side that had barely won at home during the 2025 calendar year. Yet, when it came down to what happened Sunday night, Lazio got an early goal thanks to an unofficial assist from Jonathan David on another forgettable night for the Canadian striker,
It’s hard to know where this team can suddenly improve to potentially save Tudor’s job. They did good things against Real Madrid, sure, but then they come right back and look a lot like the team that lost to Como while facing Lazio. Lazio, to their credit, got the early goal and then just sat on it and dared Juventus to try and beat them. Or, hell, even score on them. They sat back, defended well and then countered when they had the chance to do so. Would you do it any other way if you were facing the Bianconeri right now? I wouldn’t. Juve have gone four straight games without scoring a goal now — and it’s not like they’re looking like they’re just getting unlucky more than anything.
This team is in a bad place. A really bad place. And they have a manager who seems to be sticking to his guns — hey, that sure sounds familiar — rather than trying to find some sort of alternative to try and get things turned around even in the slightest bit.
This isn’t solely Tudor’s fault nor should it be viewed that way. This roster, even when everybody is healthy, can be viewed as one that isn’t a complete one. The depth is an issue. The fact that they spent so much on the attack yet didn’t address the backline is being reflected now.
But it’s not like he’s doing a lot to help this team. They need a spark in the worst possible way — and they continue to fail to actually find one. Doesn’t matter if it’s the players or the manager, they’re just not meeting this moment, and the results are starting to be the primary proof of that.
Should Juve have deserved a penalty when Chico Conceição’s foot was stomped on in the Lazio penalty area? Well, yeah. The fact that his foot got stepped on in the box, he went down and they didn’t even go to VAR to check is just another example of the systematic problem with a replay setup that is being run by folks who are also inconsistent at their job.
Even without getting that penalty call, what did Juve show us today? What did they do well? What kind of sign did they show us that they are going to snap out of this and maybe go on some sort of run to get back into the top four.
I don’t think they did. I know I’m not going to be alone in thinking that.
With AC Milan’s draw with Pisa all the way back on Friday and Napoli’s win over Inter 24 hours earlier, Juventus (somehow) had the chance to get within three points of the new league leaders. Instead, they did what they did on Sunday night and are sitting in a very un-Juventus-like eighth place as they suddenly turn their attention to midweek Serie A action against Udinese and then a trip to Cremona to face Cremonese.
I honestly have no idea if Tudor will be around to face either of those teams with how things are going.
It was just another unwatchable performance from a team that is looking mediocre at best this season. There feels like no real in-house answer in sight. That might be the most worrying thing of all.
RANDOM THOUGHTS AND OBSERVATIONS
- This is bad.
- This is really bad.
- Honestly, it was so bad that actually paying complete attention to what Juventus was (or wasn’t) doing in the second half felt like a task in of itself. They are just 11 players out there right now with no sort of cohesion or tactical plan right now. And it’s not even November yet.
- And Kenan Yildiz, potential knee issue and all, is out there trying to will this team to a win? My man, I love you for that, but now is not the time to risk things for your future.
- Let’s face it, the way this current club is constructed and looking on the field, why would Yildiz want to commit long term to it? Hard to know how much that fact is playing into the prolonged contract negotiations, but you gotta feel at this point that it certainly ain’t helping at all.
- Just so we’re clear, though: Yes, it was a penalty and the fact they didn’t even check it just shows us (again) how inept these Serie A referees can be when it comes to important calls.
- I wonder if Federico Gatti is having flashbacks to last season because he looks like the only defender back there who is actually playing well right now. He’s just blocking shot after shot after shot and it only helps so much with how the team as a whole is playing.
- I’m pretty sure I lost count of how many long passes Manuel Locatelli tried against Lazio that went right to the other team.
- Boy, that header by David that was meant for a teammate but went right to somebody in light blue and turned into a goal five seconds later sure does sum up how things are going for him at Juventus.
- Hell, it might sum up how things are going for the entire team.
- Remember the Juventus side that played quick and direct when Tudor first showed up in place of Thiago Motta in the spring? I miss that kind of team. This one just had so much possession against Lazio and failed to really do much of anything with it.
- Juventus attempted 34 crosses against Lazio. They were successful with six of them.
- Sounds like the perfect time to bring on somebody like Filip Kostic, right? Just spam those crosses even if they aren’t working. It worked out so well!
- All that possession and Juve just barely outshot Lazio 14-13. Nice.
- Matteo Guendouzi is somebody who proved to be somebody who was very easy to despise over the course of those 90-something minutes. Just an incredibly dislikable kind of player.
- Remember when Dusan Vlahovic was scoring goals earlier this season? Yeah, that was nice.
- Hey, we got to see Joao Mario. That’s something.
- Lazio were there to get got with how they’ve been playing this season. Then again, so were Juventus.
- Chico as a quasi-wingback? Sure. why not. (At least he’s working his ass off out there, right?)
- It’s one thing for Andrea Cambiaso to get turned around by one of Real Madrid’s star attacking players. It’s another thing when it’s Gustav freakin’ Isaksen.
- I’m tired, boss. I’m really tired.
- Is Tudor still going to be Juventus’ manager when I wake up in the morning? I dunno!
- Since Juventus’ last win in September, they’re currently sitting just above the relegation zone when it comes to points earned over that span. Good times.
- Pass the bourbon. It’s been that kind of week.
