Tottenham v Juventus: 5 harsh lessons learned by Spurs

Tottenham suffered a crushing defeat against Juventus

For roughly an hour it looked that Tottenham were headed to a massive victory against Juventus on the grandest stage in football. Then, the Old Lady converted two goals with their only two shots on goal and things soured drastically for Spurs.

Mauricio Pochettino was complimentary of his team’s performance after the match, but neither he or his squad can afford to wallow in defeat. Now, Spurs have to learn from the Juventus debacle and put those lessons to work. As difficult as it is to imagine, Tottenham have to transition this profound disappointment to an immense positive.

Tottenham can only do that by taking a long, hard look at what went wrong against the Serie A giants. Quite a few of the squad’s weaknesses were laid bare for all the world to see. Again, the important thing is to see how Spurs respond to this dark moment in their season.

Read on to discover the five most important things Tottenham must learn from the Juventus loss. Some of these things can’t be fixed overnight, but concrete steps need to be taken to address the club’s deficiencies right away.