Coach Thiago Motta, Khephren Thuram, Federico Gatti, Francisco Conceicao and Nico Gonzalez spoke to the press after Juventus’ 1-0 win in opposition to Inter on Matchday 25 of the Serie A season.
THIAGO MOTTA
“An excellent match in a particular ambiance: a deserved victory, and one which took place due to an excellent second half efficiency, which supplies us confidence in our strengths. The followers should benefit from the victory, we alternatively should instantly flip our consideration to mentally and bodily getting ready for the sport in opposition to PSV as a result of we’ve got the target of progressing to the spherical of 16. We revered Inter for his or her nice high quality, however maybe within the first half… we confirmed an excessive amount of respect: so we conceded an excessive amount of floor, whereas within the second half we got here again significantly better. The trail is the precise one, and a efficiency of this degree confirms that, our improvement was particularly evident within the second half, through which we created lots, and we have been efficient at being compact in all phases. Let’s proceed like this, with the assistance of everybody, even those that did not play tonight: we actually want everybody. [Andrea] Cambiaso? He returned to motion very effectively, not solely technically, but in addition in his communication along with his teammates.”
KHEPHREN THURAM
“We’re glad we managed to win once more tonight, it was vital as a result of we have been taking part in in opposition to an excellent group like Inter, so it offers us confidence for the upcoming video games. At the moment I performed in a barely extra defensive position as a result of I used to be taking part in alongside [Weston] McKennie and [Teun] Koopmeiners, who wish to make ahead runs, however we’re a group, and we’ve got to know who we’re taking part in with. I performed with two gamers who’re extra attacking than me and so I dropped a bit additional again. Taking part in in opposition to my brother? Very fulfilling, it was like taking part in within the backyard of our home. He appears to be like for me, I search for him, however it’s a dream to face him in such an vital sport. I have not despatched him a message but, however I do know his ankle hurts a bit, that is why I believe he did not begin the sport. Dad? He was most likely extra nervous than us…”
FEDERICO GATTI
“I do not know whether it is our most vital victory up to now, however it’s a end result that should give us that one thing additional, as a result of we’ve got thrown away too many factors through the season. There’s nonetheless an extended strategy to go this season, however the factors we’ve got dropped undoubtedly depart us with some remorse. The season is lengthy, at Juve you can’t be glad with fourth place. There are nonetheless many competitions to play in and we’ve got to get to the highest of all of them.”
FRANCISCO CONCEICAO
“Sure, it is a crucial victory, like so many others that we’ve got to realize. On this membership it’s important to win each sport, so we’ve got to proceed on this path. The objective? It was good as a result of it gave the group victory. You’ll be able to see the unity of the group, and it is vital to maintain working like this, as a result of we have already got an vital sport within the Champions League that we’ve got to win once more. We’ve carried out our job. We all know how vital these video games are for the followers, but in addition for us. We will at all times give one thing extra and immediately we did that. We’ve to proceed like this.”
NICO GONZALEZ
“We put in an excellent efficiency; it’s a essential victory for us. We have been significantly better within the second half, and we confirmed what we’re able to, and that is demonstrates progress. We’re a younger group however there are various mature males, and everybody is aware of what they must do on the pitch, we confirmed that in opposition to group like Inter. In the meanwhile we won’t take into consideration Napoli, and we’ve got to overlook about this night, we’ve got to say switched on: our focus is now solely on PSV, as a result of Wednesday shall be a vital sport. Our objective is to progress within the Champions League and e-book our place within the competitors for subsequent yr.”