"We need to improve our choices in the box. We put the ball into dangerous areas many times, both in the first and second half, but we never found the right touch to redirect it. That's where we have to grow. We played a good match, a very good match. The result always makes the difference, of course, but there were clear steps forward in our performance. David is a penalty taker, and he takes them very well. He made the right choice, going down the middle; he just didn't lift it enough."
"This match is gone, we didn't win it, we drew it. But if we keep playing like this, we'll win plenty of games. Now we have to make sure we take the next ones."
Juventus drew 1-1 with Lecce after Lameck Banda opened the scoring and Weston McKennie equalised early in the second half. Jonathan David missed a 66th-minute penalty saved by Wladimiro Falcone, and Juventus failed to find a winner despite having at least 25 shots for the first time since May 2024 without a win. The team registered 2.8 expected goals from 25 shots but only five were on target, hit the woodwork twice and created six big chances. Confidence in David's penalty-taking remains, but finishing and choices inside the box need clear improvement. Juventus have recorded more draws than any other Serie A side since last season (22).
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