Juventus teenager Kenan Yildiz gave Igor Tudor a serious headache forward of two season-defining contests in opposition to Bologna and Lazio.
On Sunday, the Bianconeri have been having fun with a snug 2-0 lead over Monza due to Nico Gonzalez and Randal Kolo Muani’s targets. Nonetheless, Yildiz misplaced his head and bought himself despatched off for elbowing Alessandro Bianco within the face simply earlier than the half-time whistle.
Fortunately for the Previous Woman, the Turk’s teammates stored their composure and have been in a position to sail in direction of security by dropping the tempo within the second interval and sustaining a low stance.
However whereas {the teenager}’s foolishness didn’t trigger a lot hurt in opposition to rock-bottom Monza, it might price them dearly within the coming weeks.
As defined earlier this morning, Yildiz’s act constitutes a violent conduct, so he’ll be slapped with a two-match ban on the very least, thus ruling him out of the upcoming contests in opposition to Bologna and Lazio, who occur to be Juve’s direct rivals within the race for the all-important 4th place.
Subsequently, Tudor must improvise a brand new answer to make up for the teen’s absence.
Based on JuventusNews24, Randal Kolo Muani and Nicolas Gonzalez are anticipated to take care of their locations within the attacking trident, however it stays to be seen who will play as the opposite attacking midfielder within the 3-4-2-1 formation.
Francisco Conceicao might be a pure answer to switch Yildiz, however the younger Portuguese hasn’t solely satisfied Tudor who has been maintaining him on the bench since his arrival.
The Croatian supervisor would definitely want to area Teun Koopmeiners, however it stays to be seen if the latter shall be match sufficient to start out after lacking the final two contests on account of an Achilles tendon downside.
Lastly, the just lately returning Samuel Mbangula represents a 3rd choice, one able to occupying the left flank in Yildiz’ absence.
