What Tudor worked on during his first Juventus session: Tactics and available players – Football Italia – March 24 latest

Igor Tudor takes charge of his first training session with Juventus after replacing Thiago Motta as head coach, March 24 2025. (Picture: @juventus via X)

Igor Tudor has completed his first training session in charge of Juventus after replacing Thiago Motta as head coach, but still had a limited number of players at his disposal due to the ongoing international break. 

Juventus confirmed on Sunday that Motta had been sacked as head coach and replaced by Tudor on an interim basis until the end of the 2024-25 season. 

The statements arrived on Sunday, Motta and his staff cleared out their belongings at Continassa on Monday morning, and Tudor got to work with his first session on Monday afternoon. 

Click here to watch the first clips from Tudor’s introductory training session.

What Tudor worked on in first Juventus session

While the likes of Dusan Vlahovic, Randal Kolo Muani, Kenan Yildiz and several others are still away on international duty, the remaining Bianconeri players were put through their paces by Tudor for the first time on Monday afternoon. 

According to a statement put out by Juventus, Monday’s session began with a warm-up and strength and conditioning work, before a series of tactical exercises aimed at their game in-possession and their developing of play. The session ended with an in-house training match. 

Available first-team players: Di Gregorio, Perin, Pinsoglio, Kalulu, Kelly, Costa, Savona, Locatelli, Thuram. 

Players on international duty: Gatti, Veiga, Weah, Rouhi, McKennie, Koopmeiners, Yildiz, N.Gonzalez, Conceicao, Mbangula, Adzic, Vlahovic, Kolo Muani. 

Injuries/Unavailable: Bremer, Cabal, Cambiaso, Douglas Luiz, Milik.