TURIN (ITALPRESS) – A match from Juventus got the result in Florence. This is needed tomorrow in the “Franchi” for Luciano Spallettiwho even during breaks continued his work to further shape the team according to his ideas.
“I don’t have many players available, but with the players I have, we explore some things that I think are important. Yesterday in training with the whole team I saw something new and they paid attention to what was said. The availability of these players is good.” In fact, something new was seen at the first attempt although there was nothing concrete about it, with the strikers ending up on the bench.
“While the numbers are useful, the real job is to find the stability that is the foundation of the team’s strength. I’m happy to have found what I hoped for, we have a lot of it and it’s important. We have to recognize it and know how to put it into practice at the right moment. We have qualities and we have to base ourselves on these qualities, we have to be able to recognize the moments in the match where we can exploit them. It’s a question of the team’s blocking behavior.” And if we have to wait for a four-man defense (“It requires components and some time. We did a little training together”), a new look cannot be ruled out Koopmeiner. “A player in a midfield three like Pizarro or Lobotka? It’s not a role that changes a great footballer, a great footballer takes his style of play wherever you put him – Spalletti replies – We have to understand where we want to exploit his qualities, in these three games he showed it, he is also very good in the areas of the pitch where Gasperini plays him and where I think he might struggle. I’m happy with his response, he showed his personality, he also contributed from this point of view. We have recovered Kelly and Cabal, so there is a possibility of seeing him in midfield as well.”
Then focusing on the “Franchi” challenge, the coach from Certaldo trusted his team: “Tomorrow I expect a great match from my players. We will not only find a team with two maximum possibilities, but a team and a whole city that will give everything. It will be a difficult match, but we are the ones who show who we are in the match, I hope this, that it will be seen that we are people from Juventus, professionals from Juventus. They are a team created to be strong, with a coach that I know, an environment that has unlimited love for the team, we have to be absolutely at the top and ready to face anything.”
And if in a group “You don’t just have to pass the ball, you also need other things and we are facing good people, honorable people, from Juventus that doesn’t mean being arrogant but also means not being pressured. Personality is what you succeed in developing based on where you practice it. Sometimes you need a little healthy insanity, a healthy dose of creativity, a night shot that makes you react differently.”
In this regard, without delving into the dynamics related to renewal, Yildiz “Like the others, he is a shape breaker, a scheme breaker, he is the one who holds the gun at night. Whoever starts a dialogue with Yildiz starts it with the team because he knows how to behave as a team player, he has the behavior of a team leader and for me he is the best”.
Finally, a joke about the national team and possible calendar changes in mind world playoffs:”As Juventus coach, I said if there was anything the national team needed, we would be happy to provide it to help them reach the World Cup. Something I’m sure will happen but if we can help, let’s all give it together because there are difficulties even though we have top level players. We are running to achieve our goals. The playoffs materialize and everyone realizes that they are facing a strong national team – reference to Norway – like ours too. We need to support the national team players and coaches and we can help them by loving them and making our support felt, I love those players and Gattuso because they deserve it.”
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