Barzagli: "We play the first goal"

Juventus is looking in Athens for the three points needed to advance to the Champions round of 16. In Piraeus, even a draw might be enough if Sporting doesn’t pull off the feat of going through on the Barcelona pitch, but after the Sao Paulo takeover the Bianconeri want to continue the winning streak, possibly without conceding goals.

This is how Andrea Barzagli spoke in the conference, also returning to the rumors of alleged rifts in the locker room before the Naples match: “Victories like the one in Naples are good for everyone, we are very serene but also very focused for tomorrow’s match, which is crucial, it is the first goal of the season. For now we have Olympiacos in the lead, it will be a difficult game against a physical team that can defend well and will want to close the competition well. The fights in the locker room? About the various rumors lately, the strength of Juventus in these years has always been the group, so everything that is said externally I think is unfounded news. If we played a good game on Friday, it was because of the atmosphere that had been created, the anticipation of the game, not because of anything else…”.

The Bianconeri are back insurmountable in defense: “The fundamental thing is to have the desire also to defend, to not take goals, to make an extra run, maybe unconsciously a little bit missing. In our league if you concede too many goals you don’t win, in the last three games defensively the team has done very well.