Thiago Motta blasted his Juventus gamers after their . ‘I’m ashamed, it was embarrassing. That you must deserve issues in life, this group anticipated it as a substitute.’
The Bianconeri had been the undoubted favourites to undergo to the semi-finals after dealing with Empoli on the Allianz Juventus Stadium, however discovered expectations turned on their heads.
Youssef Maleh had put the Tuscans in entrance and Ibrahima Konate thumped the within of the upright, so with the gang jeering angrily, it to get Juve again within the recreation.
They may not be divided after 90 minutes, so it went to a penalty shoot-out and Empoli transformed all theirs efficiently, whereas Dusan Vlahovic ballooned over and Kenan Yildiz’s effort was saved by Devis Vasquez.
“We’re left with disgrace. I really feel actually disgrace for what we noticed within the first half and I hope my gamers really feel the identical. We can’t get this perspective so mistaken. It was embarrassing and evidently it’s my fault, as I didn’t present my gamers the significance of the match or what this jersey means,”
“We aren’t within the semi-final as a result of we didn’t need to be.”
Thiago Motta slams sorry Juventus
It has been a disastrous couple of weeks for Juventus, who crashed out of the Champions League in further time to PSV Eindhoven, then failed of their try to retain the Coppa Italia.
“I hope the criticism could be very sturdy. I believed our followers had been truly fairly form with us, contemplating the primary half efficiency. I anticipate an instantaneous response from these gamers, as a result of I really feel ashamed of what I noticed from my group at present,” added the coach.
“I additionally need to shoulder a big a part of the duty, as a result of I didn’t train them what it means to put on the Juventus jersey. We performed towards an Empoli facet that was rotated from the same old starters. Speaking about mentality at this second means understanding the place you might be, what you’ll want to do, why you have to deserve it each day and never simply anticipate issues to occur with out giving your all.
“We assumed at present that we’d get by and we gave nothing on that pitch. We bought the one factor mistaken you completely can’t do at this membership and that’s the perspective. We performed again to the goalkeeper 20 instances no less than, with out taking duty, with out going ahead, at all times seeking to another person. That is inadmissible.
“We are able to solely apologise to our followers, apologise to the membership, apologise to the historical past of this membership, as a result of we actually hit all-time low at present.”
This was the primary time that Thiago Motta had began Vlahovic and Randal Kolo Muani collectively in a tactical experiment, however after nearly a full yr of his tenure, this Juventus nonetheless doesn’t appear to have a real identification.
“I consider within the group as a result of we’ve got gamers of high quality, however high quality just isn’t ample. You want different parts to compete in soccer and perspective is the principle factor, which is the very first thing I talked about after I bought right here.
“For this reason I really feel ashamed, as a result of getting the mistaken shot, the mistaken contact, that’s nothing. Getting the mistaken perspective just isn’t acceptable. There is no such thing as a negotiation on that.”
Now that Juventus solely have Serie A to concentrate on and are in fourth place, the place do they go from right here?
“We have now to begin from the fundamentals of soccer and life, which is perspective. In life, you’ll want to earn issues, to deserve them, not anticipate them. At the moment I noticed a group that anticipated issues to go their manner and that makes me ashamed,” continued a visibly livid Thiago Motta.
“These are the foundations, giving your all on the sector and in coaching, working laborious for one another, respecting the historical past of your membership. That is essential each in coaching and in a match, however we confirmed the full reverse of that, particularly within the first half.
“It was not technical or tactical, it was utterly the mistaken perspective. I take full duty, as clearly I didn’t train these lads the significance of enjoying on this competitors with the Juventus jersey.”
