Luciano Spalletti, dig at'Inter and revelation about Zhegrova

“We were below our standards, even though we made the game. Between the end of the first half and the beginning of the second, we were not up to the mark and at those junctures Pisa put us in trouble” so Luciano Spalletti commented on Juventus’ success in Pisa, signed by the goals of Kalulu and Yildiz in the second half after even risking going into the deficit. “But then we took back the game: the entry of Zhegrova and Miretti gave us more quality and also thanks to that we managed to find a deserved goal”.

The HCL coach then revealed a backstory just about Zhegrova: “He had the flu during the week and only trained yesterday. I had some doubts that she could handle those 35 minutes. He has a fuse that is always lit in one-on-one and choices: I thought he could affect less, instead he entered very well, with quality”. Positive words also for the others: “I liked Miretti, Thuram grew as the minutes passed. It is a result that increases the awareness of what we are building”.

Spalletti finally analyzed the difficulties encountered: “We suffered the tenacity of Pisa. Our drop also depended on their excellent performance, in a period when they are not collecting as much as they deserve. Just think of the match they had against Inter, where they had also put them in difficulty. We are a good team, but we have to prove it on the field, not just say it”. Meanwhile, Juve is thinking about how to improve the squad thanks to the winter market. Luciano Spalletti needs reinforcements to have more resources to draw from.

Bremer’s return to the defense has restored stability to the defensive department and the possible recovery of Arkadiusz Milik (on the bench in the challenge with Roma) may have given the Juventus coach an extra striker to focus on. That is why, at this point, the idea might be to reinforce the midfield with a really top purchase.