Thauvin: “We have to change our mentality this season, winning is the key word”

At the end of Udinese’s friendly match won against NK Istra (4-1), one of the great protagonists, Florian Thauvin, commented on the match and the first weeks of work to the official Juventus website: “It was a good match, let’s continue the work we are doing with the coach, the important thing is to do what we try in training. We must change the mentality this season: winning is the key word of this year.
I am very happy with how I am working personally, I finished the season with an injury but now I am very well and I am working very hard and I want to be an important player for the team and I am working for this.

I feel very comfortable in this new system – says the former OM – it allows me to play in my favorite position, the one I know best and in which I played best in my career also becoming world champion. Runjaic arrived with new playing principles, he wants to play the ball, play in a proactive way, I am very confident for the future, I have had an excellent relationship with him since day one, we have spoken a lot and I am here to help him in the best possible way and have a great season in this very beautiful environment”.

Here is the match report from Udinese’s official channels:

Udinese (3-4-2-1): Okoye; Giannetti, Guessand, Ferreira; Ehizibue, Payero, Quina, Zemura; Thauvin, Brenner; Lucca.
Udinese second half (3-4-2-1): Padelli; Benkovic, Kabasele, Palma; Ebosele, Zarraga, Abankwah, Kamara; Pejicic, Success (from 30st Bonin); Lucca (from 10st Barbaro).
Available: Malusà, Martins, Barbaro, Di Leva, Bonin, Demiroski. Coach Runjaic

Nk Istra (3-4-3); Majkic; Ivanesevic, Iovu, Maresic; Lisica, Calusic, Petrusenko, Kadusic; Fago, Vuk, Filet.
Nk Istra second half (3-4-3): Majkic (from 12st Coric); Ivanesevic, Iovu Kojancic; Valincinc, Blagojevic, Mauric, Cuic; Gagua, Jaganjak, Vuk. All Tramezzani

Referee: Djurdjevic from Trieste
Assistants: Nigri – Della Mea
Goalscorers: 19′ Brenner, 41′ Fago (I), 45′ Lucca, 49′ pt Thauvin, 10st Lucca.
Ammonites: None
Expelled: None:
Note: 5′ of added time in the first half.