Juventus, Thiago Motta and the fatal second half

Juventus, Thiago Motta and the fatal second half

These are the words of Juventus coach Thiago Motta after the defeat against Napoli, the first suffered by the Bianconeri in this championship.

"Tonight we played a very good first half, playing good soccer, we managed to lower the team avevrsarie, I è really liked how it worked playing with the ball on the ground. In the second half we were no longer able to play ground ball and come out and they were taking the field. We were no longer able to play it well, we went down and we couldn’t get the ball back and go with the same quality as in the first half.

“The reasons are many. In the second half I had asked us to do well the first pressure and then recompose ourselves in order to keep the pace, but we were not able to do that against a strong Napoli, which è to the sixth win in a row here at the Maradona against Juventus. In the second half we also paid from a physical point of view against a Napoli that has all week to prepare and in the second half è emerged this difference between those who play a lot and those who don".

"We do not like to lose, defeat always hurts, we must know how to turn it into a day when we suffer but this also make us grow in reacting immediately and get back up, from the next game against Benfica at home – he concludes -, in the last match of the Champions group. And the team will find itself ready to make another great effort".