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THE FEBRUARY CURSE: WHY JUVENTUS AND LUCIANO SPALLETTI SUFFER THE SAME ANNUAL WINTER COLLAPSE
Juventus is in crisis: Discover why the February meltdown is back as Como secures a historic double over Spalletti’s tired squad.
Here we go again, Juventus and their annual February meltdown. At this point, it’s practically tradition. We’ve seen it under Max Allegri, it rolled on with Thiago Motta, and now Luciano Spalletti’s caught the bug too.
In my business, they say three times makes a trend.
Well, here it is, and I can’t stand it.
Saturday at the Allianz Stadium just piled on more misery. The Bianconeri went behind early, thanks in part to another big mistake from Michele Di Gregorio, and then just sort of stumbled through the rest of the match, looking half-asleep. Como, missing Nico Paz, barely broke a sweat as they wrapped up their 2-0 win with half an hour left. Honestly, they looked miles better than Spalletti’s crew.
Add this to Como’s win over Juve back in October, the one that pretty much put Igor Tudor on the chopping block, and you’ve got a bit of history. Como hasn’t beaten Juventus twice in a season since the 1950s. Now they have.
So yeah, the February crash-out is alive and well.
Look anywhere around Juventus right now; it’s just bad news. They’ve let in 15 goals over their last five games. Zero wins in that stretch. They’re not winning; they’re not even playing well. Outside of a brief spark against Inter and a little fight after falling behind to Galatasaray, whatever energy Spalletti tried to inject into this team has burned out faster than one of Sarri’s cigarettes.
They look dead on their feet. Tired, flat, and just completely out of gas. The squad’s thin; Spalletti leans on the same guys every week, so maybe it’s not so shocking they’re falling apart as the season drags on.
Still, it’s hard to believe how fast it’s all gone south.
Not just this game, but the whole vibe. A month ago, people were saying Juve was playing some of the best football in Serie A. Now? Nobody knows what to call what we’ve seen these last few weeks.
Even the bright spots, few as they are, seem dull. Kenan Yildiz, for example, has carried this team for so long, but you can see the toll it’s taken. He’s just a kid, after all. Como figured it out: shut down Yildiz, and the rest of the team can’t do much. They fouled him over and over six times in just over 80 minutes, and honestly, it felt like more. Como never let him breathe, and as a result, Juventus barely made a peep all afternoon.
Yeah, the shot stats say the teams were even, but that’s just numbers. Juve finished with 0.70 xG, and a third of that came from a Loïs Openda shot that Como’s keeper saved without breaking a sweat. That pretty much says it all: Juventus offered nothing close to the kind of pressure they were showing just a few weeks back.
Spalletti talked before the match about wanting a response after what happened in Istanbul. Instead, we got more of the same stuff we saw in the second half against Galatasaray.
You don’t need to be a calcio expert to see this isn’t what he had in mind.
Maybe it’s a blessing Spalletti’s bald, because games like this would have him tearing his hair out if he had any left.
Honestly, I want off this ride. It’s miserable. It was ugly in 2024, it was ugly last season, and it’s still ugly now.
Until Juventus shows us something different, this is just who they are when February rolls around.
MILAN SLUMP: SLOPPY FINISHING LEAVES ROSSONERI TEN POINTS BEHIND RIVALS INTER IN TITLE RACE
Milan’s title hopes take a hit! Discover how Parma stunned the Rossoneri and why VAR allowed the winning goal to stand tonight.
Milan paid the price for sloppy finishing and slow defending. Parma handed them their first Serie A loss since the opening weekend, and now Milan sit 10 points behind Inter.
After a 1-1 draw with Como in a rescheduled midweek match, the Rossoneri were already struggling. That game left them seven points behind Inter, saw Max Allegri sent off and suspended, and forced some last-minute changes. Strahinja Pavlovic wasn’t fit enough to start, and Santiago Gimenez was out, but Christian Pulisic and Ruben Loftus-Cheek returned to action, and Adrien Rabiot was back from suspension. Then, just before kickoff, Matteo Gabbia pulled out during the warm-up, so Koni De Winter stepped in, and Davide Bartesaghi found himself in a new spot in the back three. Parma, meanwhile, came in with momentum after two straight wins, even though they had Alessandro Circati suspended and a handful of injuries; Ndiaye, Suzuki, Almqvist, and Frigan were all missing.
The match had its moments. Early on, Alexis Saelemaekers whipped in a wild rabona cross, but Loftus-Cheek and Parma’s keeper Corvi crashed into each other trying to meet it. Loftus-Cheek came off worse, stretchered off, and Ardon Jashari took his place.
Corvi stayed busy, standing up to shots from Pulisic and Jashari, then darted off his line to stop Pulisic again from a tough angle.
Right before halftime, Milan nearly broke through. Rabiot nodded down a ball from Bartesaghi, Pulisic found space 14 yards out, but drove his shot wide.
Then came a bit of drama. Rafael Leao got booked for diving in the box; he went down a little too easily. But Milan almost scored moments later. Leao chased a Saelemaekers through ball, Corvi slid out to knock it away, and Pulisic pounced on the rebound. With the net gaping, Mariano Troilo lunged in with a desperate tackle to keep it scoreless.
Parma mostly sat back, but they had their chances too. Emanuele Valeri nearly flicked in a cross at full stretch, forcing Mike Maignan into a difficult save.
Leao came heartbreakingly close to scoring on 64 minutes. Milan recycled a poorly-cleared corner, and Leao’s acrobatic volley hit the inside of the post, rolled along the goal line, and somehow stayed out.
Pavlovic came off the bench and nodded a free kick wide. Then Parma struck. Mariano Troilo leapt over Bartesaghi at the back post and headed in a corner. The referee first blew for a foul but, after checking VAR, ruled that Valenti just blocked Maignan; he didn’t foul him, so the goal stood.
Niclas Füllkrug had a couple of late looks, heading a corner over and then seeing another shot deflected just wide. But in the end, Milan’s missed chances and defensive lapses cost them.
THE MALEN EFFECT: WHY DONYELL MALEN FINALLY LOOKS LIKE A SUPERSTAR IN SERIE A
Roma eyes the Champions League: Discover why Claudio Ranieri believes Donyell Malen is thriving and see the Jamie Vardy reunion.
Roma director Claudio Ranieri isn’t shy about it; they want the Champions League. And he thinks Donyell Malen has finally found the right coach to really shine, especially now that he’s crossing paths with Jamie Vardy again.
Roma has a shot to pull away from the pack in fourth place. Juventus lost 2-0 to Como on Saturday, and Napoli just slipped 2-1 against Atalanta. Perfect timing.
Ranieri knows Roma fans expect a lot, but he tries to keep things balanced.
“Last season, I picked up 46 points in the second half and finished just a single point outside the Champions League spots,” Ranieri told DAZN Italia. “So honestly, I didn’t want to put too much pressure on the new coach. Still, we all want Champions League football. The Friedkin family want to win the league, so we brought in a coach who knows how to build a team, mixing young talent with experienced players.”
Donyell Malen has made an immediate impact since joining on loan from Aston Villa. So, is it all down to Malen’s quality, or is there something about the difference between Serie A and the Premier League?
“It’s a bit of both,” Ranieri said. “He got here at the right time, with a coach who gets him. But the leagues really are different. In the Premier League, clubs can spend €60 million on a player and leave him on the bench. We can’t compete with that kind of money. Malen barely got any consistent minutes there. Now he’s found that rhythm with us, and you can see the difference. We’re holding on to him, for sure. He’s doing great, and we hope it keeps going.”
Of course, Ranieri’s got history with Vardy; he led Leicester City to that unforgettable Premier League title, but tonight Vardy’s just on the Cremonese bench.
“I have amazing memories from that time,” Ranieri said. “Nobody, not the team or Vardy himself, expected him to score so many goals. That year was just electric. We haven’t seen each other since then, so it’s nice to catch up.”
Roma’s dealing with a pile-up of injuries: Paulo Dybala, Matias Soulé, Artem Dovbyk, Evan Ferguson, and Stephan El Shaarawy are all out. Wesley isn’t fully fit either, but still plays, while Manu Koné is back in midfield.
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