{"id":123685,"date":"2026-09-18T08:18:53","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T06:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/primasport.eu\/?p=123685"},"modified":"2026-09-18T17:23:42","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T15:23:42","slug":"spalletti-difesa-tre-doppio-centravanti-vittoria-europa-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primasport.eu\/en\/spalletti-difesa-tre-doppio-centravanti-vittoria-europa-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Spalletti is considering a three-man defense and a double center forward after the Europa League victory."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:justify\">Juventus kicked off their Europa League campaign with a victory, offering interesting insights in terms of tactics and individual performances. Coach Luciano Spalletti experimented with a three-man defense and a double center-forward, solutions that will be put to the test again against stronger opponents, given that the opening match against NEC Nijmegen offered challenging conditions, with plenty of space and a slow-moving goalkeeper.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">The defensive formation with three central defenders\u2014Kalulu, Gatti, and Lucumi\u2014guaranteed great solidity, allowing little harm to the opposition, but Spalletti preferred to consider this solution still &quot;reviewable,&quot; awaiting more significant tests that would allow him to evaluate its benefits and drawbacks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">Among the new signings, Alajbegovic&#039;s excellent progress stands out, scoring goals and producing key plays. Celik, despite having made a good start as a right-back, suffered a decline after switching to the left, though he redeemed himself with his late goal. Sarr deserves a special mention, as while he&#039;s not yet fully fit, he&#039;s nevertheless contributed significantly to the attacking play.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">The attacking duo of Woltemade and Kolo Muani showed individual potential; Woltemade scored a cool penalty, while Kolo Muani stood out with a valuable assist. However, Spalletti suggests that their use together requires further evaluation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">Finally, returning players Nico Gonzalez and Douglas Luiz confirmed their solidity and consistency, while young goalkeeper Grabara made his debut without conceding a goal and also provided an assist. Spalletti expressed his satisfaction but hopes to see him play a key role in even more difficult situations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read also<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/primasport.eu\/en\/manchester-city-coppa-lega-cinquina\/\">Manchester City beat Norwich 5-0 to advance to the next round of the League Cup<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/primasport.eu\/en\/lecce-lavoro-personalizzato-tre-giocatori\/\">Lecce is preparing for the match against Milan with personalized training for three players.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/primasport.eu\/en\/cagliari-maldini-titolare-udinese\/\">Cagliari confirms its starting lineup with Maldini against Udinese.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dopo la vittoria all&#8217;esordio in Europa League contro il Nec Nimega, Spalletti valuta positivamente ma con cautela la difesa a tre e il doppio centravanti sperimentati, in attesa di prove pi\u00f9 impegnative.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":121560,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sb_editor_width":"","h5ap_radio_sources":[],"footnotes":"","_ppma_block_editor_authors":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[3425,3426,189,175,260],"ppma_author":[30],"class_list":["post-123685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-calcio","tag-difesa-a-tre","tag-doppiocentravanti","tag-europa-league","tag-juventus","tag-spalletti"],"relative_dates":{"created":"1 week ago","modified":"1 week ago"},"authors":[{"term_id":30,"user_id":1,"is_guest":0,"slug":"paolopicone","display_name":"Redazione Centrale","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/54de8379a15a6539d41f5cd43c1b6fc220d10161ae5fefcd739b4111632a6a1a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","first_name":"Redazione","last_name":"Centrale","user_url":"https:\/\/primasport.eu","author_category":"0","description":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primasport.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primasport.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primasport.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primasport.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primasport.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123685"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/primasport.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123685\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":123710,"href":"https:\/\/primasport.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123685\/revisions\/123710"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primasport.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primasport.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primasport.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primasport.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123685"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primasport.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=123685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}