Motta “With Leipzig open game, I want a compact Juve”

LIPSIA (GERMANY) (ITALPRESS) – “It’s going to be an open game, we’re going to play against a level team and we’ll have to be good at taking the match to our side.” Juventus coach Thiago Motta said this on the eve of the second Champions League match at home to Germany’s Leipzig. “They have young people, with energy and enthusiasm, and they put intensity in the game,” added the Bianconeri coach. “We will have to be at their level, attacking them in a balanced way because they are dangerous on the counterattack. We have to be compact and everyone has to contribute, those who play as starters as those who come in from the bench: I trust what I see on the field. It’s clear that choices have to be made but everyone deserves to play.” “Can Juve win the Champions League? As always we think about one match at a time. Tomorrow we will enter the field to give our best, respecting the opponent. The rest, now, matters little – added Motta – Tomorrow there is also Liverpool-Bologna? I hope the Rossoblù win, but I am focused on our game. Leipzig is as good as we are, we will have to give a good performance to get a positive result, trying to have control of the ball, defending as we have done so far. A team today has to be complete, certainly with a strong point but improving day by day.” A line on Vlahovic: “He is well and dynamic, he has to focus only on soccer and be in tune with his teammates.” “It will be great to play here in this stadium – the words of Juventus midfielder Andrea Cambiaso – They play very much as a team and we have to continue in our growth process. We are doing well, with Napoli we played an excellent game as well as with Genoa. We have to keep working at our best and tomorrow we will try to keep the ball as much as possible.”- Photo Ipa Agency -(ITALPRESS).

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