Serbia coach defends Vlahovic: “What Juventus are doing to him is not proper”

Serbia supervisor Dragan Stojkovic provided his help for Dusan Vlahovic who’s enduring a tough patch at Juventus.

The 25-year-old performed continuous at first of the season amidst the shortage of an alternate on the membership. Nevertheless, his standing drastically modified following the arrival of Randal Kolo Muani in January.

The French striker instantly earned Thiago Motta’s favour with a sequence of good shows. And though the Paris Saint-Germain loanee has misplaced his scoring contact as of late, he nonetheless instructions an automated beginning position.

Alternatively, Vlahovic has been relegated to a mere benchwarmer ever since, aside from a few begins in opposition to Cagliari and Empoli.

On Sunday, the Partizan youth product was left on the bench during the competition in opposition to his former membership Fiorentina, though the Bianconeri had been trailing from the early going. Motta bizarrely opted to introduce defenders whereas preserving Vlahovic Kenan Yildiz on the bench, one thing that Alessandro Del Piero struggled to wrap his head round.

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However whereas Vlahovic has change into the black sheep at Juventus, he stays a favorite inside the nationwide group, as emphasised by his supervisor.

“I’ve a very good and excessive opinion of Vlahovic and his qualities,” stated Stojkovic in his press convention by way of IlBianconero.

“In soccer, there comes a time when there’s a unfavorable environment within the membership. I can’t go into particulars and I can’t touch upon the explanation why he isn’t taking part in and if, as an alternative, he ought to be used extra. That’s their enterprise.

“Each participant has optimistic and unfavorable moments in his profession, we admire Dusan as one of the vital necessary items of our recreation. He’ll at all times play with me as a result of right here he has the chance to point out that what they’re doing to him isn’t proper.”

Vlahovic had additionally admitted up to now that he enjoys taking part in for Serbia greater than Juventus, primarily for 2 causes.