Juventus, Thiago Motta: “Today we managed to compete with one of the favorites for the scudetto”

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8.15pm – The coach of Juventus, Thiago Mottacomments on the 4-4 drawn match against Inter in the press conference. Live text by TMW.

8.45pm – The press conference begins.

Always play the game, creating play. Is that the most positive aspect?
“Thank you, we certainly don’t all agree on this situation, given that at the moment there are various opinions. Today we were able to compete against one of the two favorites in the championship, which is Inter, playing well at times and less well in moments in which we suffered. It is a match to study well, to understand the moments of highs and lows we have, to maintain the standard over the 90 minutes we must work but today we also emerged from the difficulties with play and finished better. of the opponent”.

Would an Italian coach be more angry about the four goals conceded than about the four goals scored?
“I see it as having a balanced team for both phases of the game, today in some moments we were better than the opponent and in others we suffered. To be able to compete at this level continuously we can improve, we have the team to be able to do so Today is a match to analyse, it was balanced in the first half, with errors on our part and in the end we finished better than our opponent.”

Are you happy with Vlahovic?
“The change occurred due to a technical choice, in general we can all do better than what we did tonight.”

Did Conceicao finally collapse? Danilo for Gatti?
“The two are fine and I chose Danilo to start, then Federico came in very well. Francisco was tired, as he should be, I’m happy because we want to finish the games like this.”

Why did you decide not to field Yildiz from the start?
“Because I chose Weah, who could provide something interesting for us in transitions. Kenan can help the team in the second half from the match, giving different options, both as a winger, as a midfielder and as a striker.”

Very young team, what can you improve on?
“We can improve in everything, today we had good and less good moments, but I remember that we are talking about one of the two favorites to win the championship. We know we have young players, but we have the belief that we can do much better than today. It’s clear that the many absences may have had an impact, it’s not an alibi but a fact.”

Today you showed that you have young players capable of jumping man, have you done it too little in some matches so far?
“I understand the question, but the match must be analysed. Each match is different, it has its own history and we certainly have strong players who can make the difference: Inter leave space behind, it almost becomes a one-on-one, in others there are no There have been many situations of this type. They are different matches, to be analyzed one by one, but we have players who in these conditions can score goals, go fast, do well.”

8.53pm – Thiago Motta’s press conference concluded.