Thiago Motta half-smiles: two recoveries and three absences

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Thiago Motta announces two recoveries and three absences

Thiago Motta introduced Juventus-Lazio, a match valid for the eighth day of Serie A scheduled at Allianz Stadium on Saturday at 8:45 p.m., in a press conference: "I saw the team very well"in this last training session. They had a very good training and we will be ready to face Lazio".

"I want to see the performance, becauseè the performance leads you to the result – added the coach of the Bianconeri -. I believe a lot that teams that play well, then win games. By playing well I mean many things: defending well, having humility and generosity in defending well, having the ball and coming out well from behind, going forward knowing what we have to do, really wanting to score goals. So for me that performance goes along with the result".

So he confirmed the injury emergency: "We will not have Bremer, Milik, McKennie, Koopmeiners, Gonzalez and the disqualified Conceicao. Weah and Fagioli" will be there.

On Douglas Luiz: "I spoke very little with him. Però I saw a beautiful attitude in training. These difficult moments serve to see the reaction of the players. I saw a beautiful reaction. He continues to train very well. When I see him like this; I am very calm. This è is the right way. He canò definitely do better and I am happy with what I have seen".

Final comment on Khephren Thuram: "He is very well: è a boy who always wants to improve, has great ambitions and è has been guided by a figure like dadà Lilian whom I know well. He doesn’t è happy when he doesn’t play, he accepts it and shows in training that he always wants to improve. I am delighted with him".

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