Juventus also drew 0-0 in the Champions League against Aston Villa. Thiago Motta, speaking to Amazon Prime Video, analyzed the performance of his players in this way: “A safe point, the team continues to play compact and with balance. Aston Villa started very quickly and looked for their striker, we conceded little. It’s clear that we created very little, so as not to give Aston Villa what they were looking for. Another good performance, one point and we will continue to try to qualify.” With this draw Juventus rises to 8 points and will now have to look back to avoid risking qualification.
Motta pampers Koopmeiners and Locatelli and doesn’t look for alibis.
In a compact Juventus with a splendid team spirit, the performance of Koopmeiners was out of place as he once again appeared to be in great difficulty. Thiago Motta, however, forcefully defended the Dutch player on Sky Sport: “He’s a great player who is helping a lot. Playing between the lines wasn’t easy today but he did well. When he came further back he felt better He has come close to scoring many times this year, he will soon do so. We are fortunate to have a great player on our side, he must continue to work and stay calm.” Manuel Locatelli also spoke after the match on Amazon Prime Video. The Juventus midfielder, like a good captain, did not hide behind alibis and injuries: “Yes, more could have been done because we always aim to win. It’s clear that we don’t want alibis, we don’t want excuses, we go on the pitch, we try to give everything for this shirt, this is what we have to do, then if we analyze the match we certainly could have done more, but I think it’s a good point on a difficult pitch.”
Juventus anxious about the conditions in Savona.
Juventus exits the Champions League match against Aston Villa with yet another fear linked to the conditions in Savona. The Juventus defender felt a slight stiffening of his right thigh and his condition will be evaluated today. Thiago Motta spoke to Sky about the physical discomfort suffered by his player: “We have to evaluate it in Savona. He heard a little… but let’s hope it’s nothing and let’s hope he stopped before. But we have to evaluate him before saying what happened and what he really felt.” The hope at Juve is to avoid yet another injury, because the situation is really difficult and there is still no news on possible recoveries in view of the championship match against Lecce.