Capello criticizes Tudor for his choices against Villarreal: There is a serious problem to solve

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Capello criticizes Tudor for his choices against Villarreal: There is a serious
Tudor and Capello

The strange draw at the Estadio de la Ceramica left Juventus with the bitter taste of having just barely touched the victory on the road against Villarreal in the Champions League. The Bianconeri come away with a good draw but the dynamics of the match left more than one doubt, especially on the choices of Tudor who, if it is true that he found the right key at the beginning of the second half with the right substitutions, then got lost at the end where the Spaniards found their grit, courage and the 2-2 goal again. Even Fabio Capello, from the Sky studios, did not hesitate to tease the Bianconeri coach about the problems that seemed clear to him: "The set pieces were all from the Spaniards, but you noticed that, didn't you?".

Capello speechless from Juventus' final minutes

Capello's doubts about the quality of Tudor's management in the second half of the match arose during the post-match discussion in the Sky studios, with Don Fabio being asked loudly about what he saw on the pitch, with a Juventus that closed in a disorderly manner and in clear difficulty under the siege of Villarreal. In the dock, Tudor's choices: "In the last 20 minutes the team dropped significantly and maybe there is some regret there because maybe some substitution should have been made and even earlier. I didn't understand why" - Capello stressed, "for example David stayed on the pitch until the 86th minute, honestly it's not a very good choice because when Juve were dominating something had to be changed".

Capello: "Maybe some substitutions should have been made earlier"

A thought that he later addressed directly to Igor Tudor once in connection with Spain, with a provocative question: "Tudor, maybe an early substitution would have helped the team... But did you notice or not that in all the free kicks and corners they always took them with their heads?". The reference, clearly, is to Veiga's decisive 2-2 goal directly from the corner kick, in the 90th minute. "We are working on some things, we have our problems" - replied the black and white coach. "Substitutions are made when you feel them... honestly I didn't see this suffering in the second half".

Capello harsh: "I had predicted that corner goal"

An answer that did not convince the former black and white coach Capello at all, who in the studio then continued his comment, not at all positive and comforting, on Juventus' performance: "There is a serious problem to solve and that is that of corner kicks. In all the corners taken by the Spaniards, the black and white defense was always surprised. In the end, unfortunately, I had predicted their equalizer, which came precisely from a corner kick."


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