Juventus head coach Luciano Spalletti commented on his team’s victory over NEK with a 5:0 score in the first round of the main stage of the 2026/27 European League.

The Italian farmer has lost satisfaction with the activities of his charges. In his words, the football players entered the field without any doubts and quickly found the right decisions in the hour of play..

Okremo Spalletti scored the first goal when goalkeeper Camila Grabar gave the assist to Nicholas Gonzalez.

“They decided to show themselves as much as possible about their ambition. No one played miraculously in the episode with the first goal, daring to catch that ball.

Allow me to greet Grabar, who demonstrated cold-bloodedness and constant kicking. In such matches, the goalkeepers become additional field gravers, and as soon as you find a good partner on the field, free zones open up in front of you,” Spalletti said.

Recently, the Juventus coach said that the team needs to improve its compactness while playing in defense. Having noted that due to great achievements, the opponent could create problems, as if denying the possibility of moving forward with the initiative.

" The superniks took care of our every gravel in threes and could have become unsafe, as if they had overstepped the initiative. The stinks won't get over anything. They have lost a number of matches disastrously, but in the next game they will face even more troubles,” said the coach.

At the start of the 2026/27 season, Juventus achieved three victories, finished one match and suffered one defeat. After four rounds of Serie A, the Turinians have 7 points and are in eighth place.