Serie A giants Juventus have been knocked out of the Coppa Italia yesterday by the hands of Empoli and Thiago Motta got here throughout as slightly resigned in defeat after the tie.
The sport had ended 1-1 in additional time and the Azzurri picked up an enormous upset win on penalties. With that, Juve have now been knocked out of the Champions League and the Coppa Italia in per week and there may be little likelihood of them profitable the title, which means that they should accept a trophyless season.
Motta spoke after the sport and said that he’s ashamed concerning the end result and the group was variety on the gamers and the efficiency.
He instructed Mediaset, through “I really feel ashamed. We performed a primary half that made me really feel ashamed and I hope my gamers really feel the identical. We will get all the pieces unsuitable however not our angle like this. After which I’m unsuitable as a result of I didn’t make the gamers perceive the significance of this match and of sporting this shirt.”
He additionally urged for the gamers to offer a right away response to the catastrophe of a loss.
“Psychological repercussions? No and I hope the criticism is basically sturdy. The group was far too variety to us after what we noticed within the first half. I hope for a right away response from the gamers. I repeat, I really feel ashamed for what I noticed on the sphere at this time, particularly within the first half.”
He described the loss as one thing that shouldn’t be related to Juve, additionally taking duty of the defeat.
“At the moment on the pitch we gave nothing. We performed with the goalkeeper a minimum of 20 occasions, with out taking any duty. It’s unacceptable. We simply must apologize to the followers, to the membership and to the historical past of this membership. We’ve hit all-time low.”
If Juve had gained, they’d have taken on Bologna within the semi-final. However now, they must accept taking part in in addition to they’ll within the league.
Kaustubh Pandey I GIFN