Spalletti: ‘Juventus will always be condemned to win’

Luciano Spalletti insists Juventus “will always be condemned to win” as they prepare to resume their Serie A campaign at Cagliari on Sunday. With quotes via TuttoMercatoWeb , the Bianconeri coach was speaking at his pre-match press conference after a three-week international break that he used to balance rest against a heavy fixture load.

“The break was long, and there are pros and cons to everything,” Spalletti said. “We managed it simply, giving long rest periods to balance out all the games.

Build up the fatigue, build up the rest, there’s no other medicine. That’s how you manage it, assessing things carefully at an individual level and tailoring the work for the players who stayed with us.” Asked how his internationals had returned, and whether Edon Zhegrova could start, he couldn’t resist a joke.