Objective three out of three for Juventus in the Champions League. After the victories against PSV and Leipzig, the Bianconeri will challenge Stuttgart at the Stadium tomorrow, with Thiago Motta who analyzed his opponents in the press conference the day before: “They play collectively very well. We have to be a team capable of competing very well to have control of the game. The team feels very good when it manages to consolidate possession and play well in football. They bring a lot of men, especially the two full-backs in attack. The two very intelligent midfielders help the two central players to organize the team. The first pressure is very good complete. He knows what the pitch has to do. And we have to compete to make sure they are not comfortable on the pitch. What is best for us, to fight when we have to fight, to press, but to close the spaces play entirely.”
Yildiz convinces Motta.
Words also for Kenan Yildiz, without a goal since the first day of the Champions League, but Thiago Motta is happy with the work of his number 10: “I am very happy with the work Kenan does. He puts all his quality at the disposal of the team. I am very happy with what I see. Without forgetting that he is a boy from 2005 and is giving a lot to the team. I am happy about everything. He scored a great goal here in the Champions League, but not only that. He can continue like this. I can improve, everyone can improve.”
“Not all players are the same.”
Then there was a curtain call between Thiago Motta himself and a journalist, who in asking a question spoke of players who were all the same, but the coach replied: “Everyone is the same for whom? For you? The fact that I consider them all starters doesn’t mean that they are they are all the same. They are different kids, who need to be treated differently and play differently, but then I expect the same things from them. But they are absolutely not the same.”
This is the probable Juventus lineup, with the 4-1-4-1 formation: Perin; Savona, Kalulu, Danilo, Cambiaso; Beans; Conceicao, McKennie, Douglas Luiz, Yildiz; Vlahovic.