Thiago Motta spoke in the press conference at the end of the match against Udinese. Here are his words taken from Tmw:
It matches:
“We had an excellent performance in the 95 minutes, in the first half we were good, in the second half we defended well trying to get back on track. The victory is deserved.”
Koopmeiners played many minutes, all he was missing was a goal:
“The goal will come for him, he is a special player for what he transmits to the team. I wanted to change him today but I can’t because he does a lot of good to the team, I haven’t seen him in physical pain. He is a player different from the others and We’re happy to have him.”
The group is responding well:
“They were all good and congratulations go to them, even those on the bench, we have a squad with many good and strong players, with many games each of them can express themselves at their best. Today is an example of a game played well by the first at the last minute.”
In the re-aggression I saw progress, Thuram perhaps did his best performance:
“We all have to improve, me first and foremost in preparing the match, in trying to put each player in the right role, create a team harmony that can work. We can still improve, in the re-aggression today we did very well, in the first half we found a team ready to recover and start again, we were good at not giving him this opportunity, Thuram’s performance is excellent, technically speaking very well, he has something different from the other midfielders, he played a complete game, he deserves it for the work he does , the credit goes to him because he is very focused on work.”
What did you do well today?
“Everything, even tactically, we are organized and this leads us to not give restarts, we worked very well in this. He tried to do it to put us in difficulty, but we worked very well in this sense”.
Does this victory take the pressure off after an important week?
“The responsibility is always the same, we are Juventus, but this is a stimulus, we play and perform to win. We have to prepare Lille well. They will play with intensity but we will have to find determination.”
What position does Thuram see him in best?
“He’s a boy who needs his physique to be able to play like this, I’ve often spoken with Khepren and a player of that level can be a midfielder, but then, more or less tall, he changes little, he’s responsible, he defends, he tackles . He can do a little more when he’s a few meters ahead.”
