Over the weekend, you could pin Juventus’ loss down to simple refereeing incompetence no matter what Luciano Spalletti’s squad did, no matter how much they fought to tie the game and just give us pride in their effort despite being on the wrong end of things on the scoreboard.
What happened in Turkiye a little less than 72 hours later was not comporable.
Juventus didn’t just lose to Galatasaray in the first leg of their Champions League play-off round tie on Tuesday evening. The Bianconeri, despite getting two goals from a player who hadn’t scored since the beloved tournament known as the Club World Cup, just completely imploded in the second half in Istanbul. Galatasaray, a side that Spalletti knew were going to be quite…