Andrea Pirlo has been encouraged by the attitude of his Juventus players since their return to training after a home humbling at the hands of Fiorentina brought an awful end to 2020.
Rookie coach Pirlo had been unbeaten in Serie A heading into the final match of last year, with only Juve and leaders Milan yet to taste defeat across Europe s top five leagues at that point.
But the Bianconeri lost that record after they went down 3-0 in Turin following Juan Cuadrado s early red card, just their second home league loss to Fiorentina in 30 years.
A short mid-season break gave the sixth-placed defending champions time to stew on that painful result, which followed a 1-1 draw with Atalanta in their previous home match.
Not since early in the 2015-16 season have Juve gone three home games without a win, however, and Pirlo s men are determined to bounce back when they host Udinese on Sunday.
I found the players well after a period of vacation, Pirlo told Juventus TV. On Monday, I found a team eager to restart after the last bad performance.
We have almost all the players back, so we now look to make a good recovery in the league.
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