Journalist
December 11, 2024 (changed at 11.36pm) – MILANO
Soul and head. Thiago Motta uses these two nouns to describe his Juve’s great 2-0 victory against Manchester City, which brings his team one step away from mathematical qualification for the Champions League playoffs. “We knew we had to duck, we did it together and then we were good at hitting them at the right time – he begins on Prime Video -. It was a deserved victory”. As usual, however, the Italian-Brazilian coach is not upset and does not want to make comparisons between this great evening at the Stadium and previous successes in the season. “I don’t know if it was the best match of my management, but the emotions we experienced tonight are beautiful – adds Motta -. In Leipzig it was a completely different match also due to the level of the opponent. Today we had to defend together, but be ready to play forward with quality and with many men. We have shown that we can be at this level, now comes the best part because we must always show it.”
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The injury emergency that is almost over has finally given the Juventus coach the chance to make an impact even from the bench. And from there came McKennie’s goal, which closed the match. “Weston can do everything: he has extraordinary physicality, he is a boy with great technical quality, insertion and when he comes from the second line he is even more dangerous – Thiago Motta praises him -. It is fortunate for us to have players of this quality. I’m happy for him and for all the players.” Closure, inevitable, on the January market, expected to resolve the numerical problems in defense. “The important thing is that we are on the same page, we know what we want to do and what we need”, Motta cuts short.
