Juventus fans are annoyed as hell these days. The point deduction made their passage into the UEFA Champions League much harder, Paul Pogba is persistently injured, and their first-choice striker Dusan Vlahovic is barely scoring. To make things worse, every time Vlahovic goes to play for his country – he seems to score!The Serbian Vlahovic is playing much better than Juventus’ Vlahovic this season. For the national team, DV7 has six goals in seven appearances, while he has 11 goals in 30 games for Juve. The average number of minutes he takes to find the net playing for Serbia is much smaller than that at the Italian club – 69 minutes compared to 209 minutes. The tall attacker also gets more shots away playing for the Eagles: 1.6 compared to 1 in black and white of Juve.##NAJAVA_MECA_7153222##The reasons are many. Juventus don’t play such an attacking style as the Serbian team – and the opponents’ profile is vastly different. During the last international break, the 23-year-old former Fiorentina striker scored three times in two games: a double against Lithuania and another goal away in Montenegro. In the latter fixture, he faced off Atletico Madrid’s tough defender Stefan Savic, but overall he’s had a much easier task than what he usually faces against Serie A teams. His confidence after scoring for Serbia should be a great confidence boost and a springboard for his return to club football, but it didn’t play out that way. He had six games without scoring before the break, and the run has continued to miss the target in the Serie A game against Hellas Verona and the Coppa Italia semi-final first leg against Inter. That’s a total of 104 minutes without scoring – and he looked in a bad mood when he was substituted against the Nerazzurri.😬 In 30 matches (2300 minutes) this season with Juventus, Dusan Vlahovic has got only 9 shots on target from open play in the penalty box. ⚪️⚫️ #Juve pic.twitter.com/hrMVhqvfpY— Football Talk (@FootballTalkHQ) April 5, 2023 Luckily for Vlahovic and Juve, the April schedule offers many opportunities to reverse the trend. On Saturday, the black and whites are away at Lazio. Coach Massimiliano Allegri will likely start Polish striker Arkadiusz Milik from the first minute. The Pole will play alongside Angel Di Maria or Vlahovic himself, as has already happened in the past. In the meantime, Juventus fans hope to finally see the “Serbian Vlahovic” playing for their beloved club.
