Yahoo Sports Thiago Motta Skirts Zirkzee Question After Lecce Game
Juventus laboriously managed to score but didn’t finish the job against Lecce, giving up a late goal and equalizing once again. Thiago Motta was quizzed about targeting Joshua Zirkzee in January. The Dutchman had a brace against Everton over the weekend. The boss spoke to DAZN (via Tuttomercatoweb).
“The management and I are in total unison. I’m very happy with the squad. I’m hopeful about the returns of the injured players and that they will help us. We got the lead but didn’t exploit it. We could have managed it better, like we did in other fixtures. They were waiting for our mistakes, and we didn’t make many in the first half. Instead, we were too open in the second one. We have to improve in our ability to read these moments.”
Motta conceded that the Juventus squad was gassed.
“We knew that beforehand, and we eventually showed it, as we abated and gave up a goal. Right now, we have to forge ahead looking to improve and learn from our mistakes. We have to continue to think positively.”
Our Take on Motta and Juventus
It’s time for them to hunker down and concentrate more on the matches than on the transfer market. Despite the justification of being undermanned, they have dropped points that were within their reach both in Serie A and the Champions League. They will easily prove costly in the long haul. The vision and the seeds of something that could eventually work are there, but they need to weather the storm better than what they have been doing so far to be in a good spot once they are on the other side of it.
