The Juventus coach Thiago Motta spoke to Sky Sports after the great 3-2 success at Leipzig which arrived despite the numerical inferiority:
At 2-2 despite the numerical inferiority he asked to push…
“This mentality is part of a group that wears an important shirt and what the boys showed today on the pitch gives everyone great pride, the staff, the fans here and those at home. They conveyed emotion, desire, courage. I’m happy , the boys did a great job even in the face of adversity.”
What did you like most?
“The interpretation of today’s match and the strategy designed against a strong and enthusiastic team was this. We knew that the first pressure would be important, even if they were dangerous. Then when we have the ball we have to play good football to be able to put the opponent in difficulty and bring home the result.”
How are Bremer and Nico Gonzalez injured?
“We don’t know yet, we have to see the results of tomorrow’s tests. Today is too early to say anything…”.
At a certain point he pointed to his head…
“My boys gave everything, I asked the team to concentrate. If there are doubtful situations we play and then VAR will decide, I only asked the boys to concentrate.”
What did he say at halftime? Didn’t like something?
“In the first half we played well, I didn’t like some technical details, for example carrying the ball when it shouldn’t have been carried. But we played well, with the desire to bring our superiority to the pitch, being convinced of it because we demonstrated it” .
Could the penalty conceded by Douglas Luiz have been a boulder?
“Negative episodes always happen. Maybe when you’re ahead they’re a little less noticeable… The important thing is always how you deal with negative episodes and today we did it with the right attitude. This is the basis for a team of high level”.