Juventus, Thiago Motta holds onto point
Juventus, Thiago Motta holds on to point
Soì Juventus coach Thiago Motta after the 0-0 draw in Birmingham against Aston Villa: "Overall è it was a good performance, we take this point and fight for qualification: we have three games left against Manchester City, Bruges and Benfica, è an important moment but the accounts are made at the end”.
"We conceded little but also created little, we played with balance so as not to concede them what they were looking for – added the coach to the microphones of Amazon Prime – becauseé they are a team similar to AC Milan with different interpreters: they have the same idea of making themselves dangerous with restarts, we were good at staying compact".
And on the performance of Koopmeiners: "It è not easy to play between the lines especially against formations like Aston Villa that compacts quickly – commented the Bianconeri coach – but he has the qualities to be able to play theì, then he transmits so much to his teammates and I am happy to have him: sometimes I feel like changing him, but è really a difficult player to replace".
In the final there'è was the thrill of the goal canceled out to the English: "But I knew immediately that it was a foul, Michele (Di Gregorio, ed.) was out and è was hit – replied Manuel Locatelli – and rather I was worried when we conceded that free kick, which was absolutely unnecessary".
È the second match in a row without goals to our credit after the 0-0 at San Siro against Milan: "We could have done more; becauseé we always aim to win, we had a few chances but we must also emphasize that we do not take goals – concludes the Bianconeri midfielder – and we won a point on a difficult field: absences should not be an alibi, we just have to show that we deserve this jersey and the rest is just talk".
The best chance è happened on the head of Conceicao: "It è did not go in really close, I am regretful – says the Portuguese on the miracle of goalkeeper Martinez a few centimeters from the goal line – and I hope to score at the next one: we è only missed the goal, in the next matches we will give everything becauseé è it is important to continue on our path in the Champions League".
Gatti compliments his teammates: "We are in a big emergency, we are missing everyone starting with Bremer and ending with all the others, we miss them – explains the defender – but we did a great performance: è it was a tough and beautiful game to play, è a good point even if I always want to win".
