The injury suffered by Vlahovic is serious and will force the Serbian to be out at least two months. Here’s how many matches he will miss and how Spalletti will have to redesign Juventus.
No good news, but then there wasn’t much hope that it would happen. The injury suffered by Dusan Vlahovic in the home match against Cagliari, the last match of the month of November, is serious and will force the Serbian striker away from the pitch for at least a couple of months.
The injury was confirmed to be deep enough to impose a long stoppage on the attacker who – despite the imminent expiry of his contract and the disagreement with the club – had been chosen as the starter by Tudor and was confirmed as such by Spalletti after the Croatian’s dismissal. Now the Old Lady and the former coach will have to do without him until 2026.
Vlahovic injured, how many games will he miss before returning
The muscular knockout will force the Serbian to miss a good portion of Juventus’ football winter. A problem also for him who, with his contract expiring on June 30th, was looking for good performances with continuity to attract possible top clubs around Europe or to return to discussions with Juventus with an excellent season behind them. The absence will not allow him to arrive at the winter market as a protagonist. It should be remembered that Vlahovic will be free to sign a new contract from the beginning of February, committing himself to next year.
How many games will Spalletti’s favorite Serbian center forward miss in offensive rotations up until now? Just scroll through the calendar to realize the impact of his injury on Juventus’ commitments. TO December the Old Lady has four high-level championship matches scheduled: away games in Naples, Bologna and Pisa and a match at the Stadium against Roma. To these must be added a Champions League match against Pafos and the Italian Cup with Udinese.
TO January another tour de force with Lecce, Sassuolo, Cremonese, Cagliari and Napoli in Serie A and the last two days of the Champions League with Benfica in Turin and Monaco away. Stopping here it would be 13 missed challenges with a start of just around the corner February terrible: away to Parma, Lazio at home and trip to San Siro against Inter in the first two weeks before the double Champions League playoff (reasonable objective of Juventus’ European campaign) and also having to add a Coppa Italia match in case of qualification for the quarter-finals.
How Spalletti will make Juventus play without Vlahovic
Vlahovic’s long absence from the pitch will force Luciano Spalletti to find important corrections to the Juventus attack. The hierarchies were clear if that’s true the new Juventus coach, who took over from Igor Tudor, had started Vlahovic in 5 of the 6 matches coached with the exception of the Norwegian away match in Bodo where the Serbian was spared due to a muscle strain.
Therefore, a different contribution will be needed David And Openda who have disappointed so far but it cannot be ruled out that Spalletti will try to invent something involving them Yildiz with a different role from the one currently covered by the Turkish talent. By characteristics, the most likely to take Vlahovic’s place at the center of the attack, with two wingers as traveling companions, seems to be David who is also more of a second striker.
This is also why Spalletti has begun to ask his backup attackers, in whom the club has invested tens of millions of euros, for a different approach and attitude. They were the heroes of the victory against Bodo Glimt but it cannot be enough in the absence of Vlahovic and the moment to start giving back to Juventus has arrived.
