Jan 04, 2026
3 min read
Apart from costing two very heavy points in the fight for fourth place, Canada's mistake opened the case for Juve's penalty takers: what happened against Lecce and what will happen from now on.
In addition to following the severe price ceiling in Region 4, Canada looks at the JUVCE situation,
A total of ninety, very long seconds.A mistake by Jonathan David influenced the Juve-Lexi result, which ended the Bianconeri's consecutive winning streak, stemming from the moment referee Collu announced that a penalty would be awarded following a review of the pitch.Mental and Lille seized the highlight.The lack of a real hierarchy of penalty takers in the Juventus squad.
David's fine behind the scenes, fine in Juve-Lex
-When the Sardinian referee returns to the center of the field in the 64th minute after seeing Kaba's intervention with his arm in the area, near the point there is a group of 7 Juventus players: in order of distance from the point of attack they are Cambiaso, Thuram, McKennie, David, Locatelli, Zhegrova and Yildiz, who has the ball in his hands.A habit that is now widespread among Serie A teams, to "protect" the person he will take care of for the service and leave him as calm as possible.While Collu explains his decision to the Giallorossi midfielder, the Turk still has the ball in his hands, Zhegrova looks at the ground, but no one speaks: in short, there are no discussions, no votes.Yildiz then passes the ball to the referee, who tells the Lecce players to leave, while Cambiaso "saves" the point.Collu gives the ball to the Juventus players and it is here, in the 64'34'' of Juve-Lecce, where the decision comes to award the service to Jonathan David: Yildiz and Locatelli, in fact, stretch out their hands in the direction of the Cagliari whistle, but it is the captain who "harpoons" the ball and the attacker without delay.A symbolic gesture too, after the controversy that arose on social networks due to the alleged lack of chemistry between number 30 and the historic group of Italians from Juventus, which also gave rise to Spalletti's now proverbial joke about the grated Parmesan on the spaghetti of the ex-Lille player with mussels.
David and the Solitude of the Disc
-At that point, however, the decision is made and all eyes are on David, around 41,000 people at the Allianz Stadium.Yıldız grabs his hand, looks him straight in the eye, then shakes his hand and gives his teammate a reassuring hug.David, however, looks anything but "Ice-Man", a nickname he has carried with him since he was 5 years old in Ligue 1. The Canadian handles the ball, bounces it on the floor to relieve tension, but certainly does not look calm.So 47, endless seconds from the time he takes the ball from Locatelli's hands until he completes the run to the spot.And yet all this time does not help, even more so if the stadium, with heavy buzz, already shows all its doubts.The rest is history: a terrible penalty and a falcon foot-kick cost Juventus the two points.But even here one detail cannot fail to be noted: David remains alone with himself and only Yıldız, from a distance, invites him to calm down with her hand, making the right sign with her finger.
who is punished by the juvenile?
—But could it be that something is different? According to Spalletti, when the Solomonic game did not happen. The Juventus coach said after the game: "I stand with my players, those who ask David to be a penalty and those who take the penalty. I will not be involved in this decision, I will not blame this. Jonathan is the one who receives the penalty and he knows how to win them, as well as Locatelli and Yildiz. What if others loseIt's clear from his words that when Vlahovic was injured, the Juventus penalty takers no longer had the authority: as long as the Serbian was on the court, the score was impressive: 29 of the 33 penalties in his career.this year against Udinese) and once with Yildiz (again against the Friulians, but in the competition). However, no one has a big historical penalty: Locatelli has taken 4 penalties in his career (all goals), while Yildiz is doing his first test among the big ones. In short, everything is more than in hand. In the hypothetical degree of Juventus' most professional, Vlahovic will be on top (29 of 33 attempts),followed by Kupmenas (36 of 43 attempts), Jonathan David himself (31 of 39 attempts, including yesterday's error) and Openda.But yesterday against Lecce, the only player on the field when the penalty was awarded was a Canadian."Maybe next time I will be involved, because from time to time I also want to make a decision..." Spalletti concluded yesterday. It is clear that from today onwards Juventus will not have another promotion.
