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BERGAMO, ITALY – FEBRUARY 05: Luciano Spalletti, Head Coach of Juventus, looks on prior to the Coppa Italia Quarter-Final match between Atalanta BC and Juventus FC at the New Balance Arena on February 05, 2026 in Bergamo, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani/Getty Images)
Juventus are preparing for one of their biggest games of the season against Inter in the Derby d’Italia on Saturday evening, but Bianconeri head coach Luciano Spalletti has decided against giving a customary pre-match press conference ahead of the Serie A crunch match.
Why will Spalletti not speak to the media before Inter vs. Juventus?
Spalletti will not address the media before the Inter vs. Juventus match in San Siro, and will instead send captain Manuel Locatelli to give the pre-match assessment at around 14.00 GMT (15.00 CET) on Friday afternoon.
According to TMW, this is because Spalletti will have to give a mandatory pre-match press conference on Monday ahead of Juve’s Champions League play-off round tie against Galatasaray anyway.
To ‘avoid’ having the head coach speaking to the media twice within three days, Juventus have decided to send one of their senior players to do the Serie A press conference instead.
Thursday’s reports claim that this practice is likely to continue until the end of the season. TMW expects that the Old Lady will send a different player to speak to the media before Juventus’s following Serie A match against Como on February 21.
ByPeter Young
Peter Young is a Senior Reporter with Football Italia.
