juve: exonerated coach Tudor. Spalletti and Mancini the favourites for bookmakers

Juventus coach Igor Tudor has been relieved of his duties. The decision is official and was made after last night's 1-0 defeat against Lazio.

Yesterday the coach was asked if he was thinking of resigning, and he replied: 'No steps back, only steps forward. It's a bad moment, we have to stay united, all together - the words after the defeat against Lazio -. There is disappointment. We prepared it in the right way, but we always miss something. Behind there is always someone's mistake, in front we don't score and then we lose games.

We feel terrible, but we need to unite. Everyone is responsible, it's always like that in these moments. We have to be united, we play now and with a victory we can start again.' On the possibility of being exonerated, he replied: 'I don't think about myself, it's not so much a question of saying. I live in the present, I don't care about my future. I'm interested in doing what I can.

In the meantime, an internal solution is being considered for the bench, and there is also the hypothesis that the first team could be entrusted to the Juve Next Gen coach, Massimo Brambilla, at least for the upcoming home match against Udinese scheduled for Wednesday 28 October at 18.30 in Turin.

The bookmakers are placing bets on the replacement: on Planetwin365 it is a two-way battle between Luciano Spalletti, favourite at 2.50, and Roberto Mancini, second at 2.75. The virtual podium is closed by the former Juventus player Raffaele Palladino, at 4.50, while Thiago Motta, still under contract with Juve, is at 8. Further away, but not so remote, are the options Zinedine Zidane and Alessandro Del Piero: the return as coach of both pays 15 times the stake.