Juventus-Monza: Igor Tudor makes no calculations, Alessandro Nesta with no regrets
Juventus coach Igor Tudor had this to say after the 2-0 win against Monza: “A double victory came: in the first half we dominated, but I also really liked the suffering and the desire not to take goals that we had in the second.” “Calculations and points drive me crazy, it is something that serves no purpose and only makes you lose energy– he adds on the upcoming fixtures with a Champions League spot still to be won – and we are now thinking about Bologna, then Lazio, finally Udinese and Venezia: we have to prepare one at a time”.
Juve’s sad face is that of Kenan Yildiz: “He was hiding under the towel, he didn’t want to be seen – Tudor’s backstory about the Turk being sent off for a forbidden blow to Bianco at the end of the first half – but he is too good, it will serve as a lesson to him even though reviewing the action he was being yanked and trying to free himself: now we will be penalized because we will miss him, Gatti and Koopmeiners has this tendon problem, but we will prepare with 11 starters and five substitutions who will all be strong”.
Who has regained his smile is Nico Gonzalez: “It was a good game, when we were down to 10 we had to fight and fight and we did it – says the scorer of the first Bianconeri goal – and now we have to continue like this: we still have four key matches, in Bologna will win whoever has more desire”. The Argentine applauds his coach: “He is a coach who works on his head and never gives up, he brought the energy and positivity this group needed” the answer on Tudor’s impact. Then a final joke: “Now I run away that there’s Boca-River” he says amid the laughter of the press room, showing the cell phone on which he was already watching the Superclasico.
Monza is left with the regret of not being able to reopen the game throughout a second half played in numerical superiority: “We produced too little, we did well but without shooting– Alessandro Nesta’s analysis– while I really didn’t like the first half, we were too low and couldn” t get going again. And on the refereeing direction, “I don“t talk about it because it didn’t affect anything, I had done it after Atalanta and Milan because on those occasions they made it big for us”. Now for relegation only mathematics is missing: “This year must leave us with the bitter taste of defeat, but I have no regrets” he concluded in the press conference.
