Week to forget for Udinese. The Bianconeri lost their second match in a row, succumbing to Juventus. 0-2 the final against “Friuli” which coach Kosta Runjaic commented as follows in the press conference: “I think we didn’t play in the first half of the game, we didn’t exist, we let Juventus train, we weren’t active. Performances like that aren’t enough, it’s the first time we’ve started a match so badly, we haven’t won duels, the Juventus were more intense, we weren’t able to react, it’s the second match this week in which we can learn a lot, even if things don’t work we have to put energy on the pitch, we didn’t do that and we conceded two goals.”
For now there are still some difficulties against the big teams.
“It can be said that we are not yet mature for Europe, I was asked two games ago if we could be ready, but if we dream too much we risk not waking up. We need to be more mature, in Venice we could have scored more goals if we were been more mature, even today we could have done better against Juventus, I said it clearly to the players, we need to wake up and not forget Udinese’s last season, we have to play together regardless of the opponent, going beyond our limits in every match, it’s not enough to put the right intensity in the first 45 minutes and that’s it. Sometimes in football you can get results quickly as well as the opposite, there are certainly teams superior to us, but we have shown that if we all work together we can deliver. a good performance. We have to live in the present, we didn’t do that today, the feeling is that today we weren’t as present as Juventus on the pitch. We played in a way that was too complicated, failing to keep the ball, we let Juventus in again more in confidence and we lost. We need to work on this in training, we need more stability in the ninety minutes for a calm season, I don’t want to be negative, I’m optimistic, maybe we needed a week like this, it’s a week in which we understood that we need to play well for everyone the minutes. In Venice we started well and then gave up, today we started badly and then played in the second half. We have had two races, we must learn the right lessons from them. Atalanta is stronger than us, but if we have the right teachings we can also play like them in the long run, but there are things we have to work on, no one can say when playing against us that it will be an easy match, to date we have put good intensity against Inter, Juventus also came under pressure against us, but it’s not enough to play well just a fraction.
I’m angry because sometimes we give away points, I still have the Venice match in mind, today we reacted in the second half of the game, coming close to scoring in the second half, but the match starts from the first minute, not from the second half, we will have to be able to be able to play with a certain balance, understanding that if we don’t put in place what we have prepared we have to react, changing the plan, the team must understand that we have to play differently as needed, perhaps managing to get to half-time remaining at 0-0 or down by a goal, but then speaking in the locker room to sort things out, the players on the pitch must take the right responsibilities to change if the current plan is needed. The positive thing is that we lived this experience today, the signal was important, we understood what we have to do for the continuation of the season.”
