Present in the ‘Mediaset’ studios, former defender Andrea Ranocchia commented on Thiago Motta’s new Juventus project. Yesterday the Juventus team at San Siro stopped Italian champions Inter at 4-4: “Motta is doing a job with Juventus that could bring him long-term advantages. A coach has arrived in Turin who last year done well in a Bologna team that wasn’t aiming to get to where it got to and that says: ‘Leadership is mine, if you’ve been there you’re with me and continue with me. Otherwise I’ll let the boys play’.
Does he remind you of Conte?
“The difference between Conte and Motta is that Conte has a know-how of victories, he knows what must be done to win. And Inter also has the same knowledge because they have been doing it for many years. They are the two teams most likely to win the Scudetto, in my opinion the others will struggle this year. Thiago Motta is approaching the Juventus project with the idea of rebuilding based on what he sees in training, he makes his choices regardless of the names and costs of the cards.”
Finally, a judgment on the Derby d’Italia: “Very strange match, in my opinion there has never been an Inter-Juve like this. In terms of entertainment we all had fun. The two protagonists both have complaints depending on the moments of the match. The match is strange because Juve in the first days he conceded very little and Inter last year if Sommer made one save per game it was a lot.”