Juventus striker Dusan Vlahovic should control his emotions when he does not score, Bianconeri head coach Thiago Motta said after they beat PSV 3-1 in their Champions League opener. (More Sports News)
Kenan Yildiz and Weston 𝓰McKennie put Juve 2-0 up at the break and Vlahovic set up Nico Gonzalez for the third strike, but the striker failed to find the net himself on Tuesday.
Vlahoviꦍc was visibly upset when he missed two cha💛nces towards the end of the game as the 24-year-old remained goalless in a third consecutive game across all competitions.
"Dusan always shows up in ideal conditions to train and play. I am happy with his work," Motta told Sky 📖Sport.
"He didn't score and it's true that the striker always wants to score, it is also🃏 right that he has this ambition, but he must manage the emotional side.
"It happens to a striker not t𓆉o score but he must tౠhink that on the pitch there are other things to do and that the goal will come. We also have other strikers, the important thing is that he participates in the team game."
Vlahovic attempted four shots but only found the target with one of those, despite accumulating an individual expected goals (xG) tally of 0.71, just shy of scorers Gonza♋lez (0.73) and McKennie (0.86).
This victory may never have been in doubt, though, considering Juventus have never lo♛st their opening game of a Champions League campaign played at home, now winning seven and drawing three.
Motta, who was appointed in June after the club parted ways with🐲 Massimiliano Allegri, was still pleased with the win but believes his team can get better 🦹after his debut as a coach in Europe.
"Today I liked the concreteness," he said. "We can improve in many other thi🦩ngs to make things difficultﷺ for our opponents.
"The goal we conce꧟ded is the thing that wꦏorries me the least. We can do better in terms of quality. We are going on the right path.
"We started the competition welཧl with a win and now we shall continue like this."
Juve, who rem▨ain unbeaten in all competitions so far this season, next face Napoli and Genoa in Serie A before they travel to RB Leipzig in the Champions League on October 2.
