TURIN (ITALPRESS) – “There is a huge disappointment from everyone after the Coppa Italia match with Empoli. I was angry because I love my players, I know them very well. They know that we did something wrong that cannot be done wrong. We have played 39 games and with Empoli we made a mistake on one thing that cannot be wrong. I see them every day in training, I know the responsibility they take, but in the last one we didn’t. The attitude in the first half was not good, we put ourselves in great difficulty. We talked, we confronted each other for a positive way and to be a constructive thing.” Thus Juve coach Thiago Motta on the eve of the challenge with Verona returns to talk about the elimination in the Coppa Italia and his outburst. “The relationship with the boys is great and those who say otherwise are telling a lie. The relationship between me and the team is great, always has been and always will be. There is a staff, there is responsibility, there is communication. My role as a coach is to make decisions where I take a lot of time. I don’t want to make mistakes with any of them, the things I say on the outside is because I say them on the inside. If I had children I would want them to have a coach like I am, honest and straightforward. Who takes so much time to say things, when to say it and when to do it. I care so much about my kids, I love them and I will always love them. Then normal that there are decisions to be made, who plays and who doesn’t play. But always with respect.” On what has to be Juve’s path from here to the end: “There are 12 games left and in every game we have to think about doing the best we can and getting the best possible result. Our ambition is to win victories to reach our goal with great sacrifice, starting with tomorrow’s game with Verona who are a good team and come from a good win with Fiorentina. It will be complicated but at the same time we have energy and desire to turn this anger of ours and show that we are superior on the pitch and get the three points. “On Koopmeiners, the Juventus coach says, “He has had some great games. I as a coach am very happy to have him with us, he is a high level player. When the team worked he performed very well, then you see other things like it can be a goal, an assist and raise the rating of a player even more. I on the context I want to see on the field so many games he has done well. We came from a defeat in the Italian Cup, he like the whole team did not do well. He can improve, he is not at his highest level today, he knows it and we know it but he can find his level again to give it to the team. Thuram starting only 2 times in the last 15 games? When I make a choice the moment is on everything, I put so much time and I am not incompetent. I am more than 20 years in soccer and I am very competent. To get the best team at any time choices have to be made. When he played I was happy because he performed well. He was angry when he didn’t play but he always respected the coach’s choice and the teammates who were on the field. I am happy with what he has brought to the team so far, he has room for improvement physically, mentally, technically.”
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