“2022 is a very bad year for me. Penalized by my fitness, now I have to play. Concentrate today, but we have to play better”

Federico Chiesa spoke to the microphones of Mediaset:

Can we say that a circle is closed? You haven’t drawn in exactly one year. Is there a bit of your whole year in this goal?

“2022 was a very bad year for me, this year I’m thinking about training, getting back in shape, let’s still say that I have to get back really in shape. Now I have to play, put minutes on my legs and go back to playing every 3 days , which I haven’t done for a year. Today I’m penalized, but I’m trying, I’m putting all my strength into it, I want to lend a hand to my team-mates since I didn’t give it to them all last year”.

An answer was needed after Naples.

“Yes, in Naples we played very badly, we weren’t aggressive and tonight too I have to congratulate Monza because they played really well but we showed we were concentrated, something we didn’t do in Naples and we were in the game tonight. Even when they got to the edge of the area we were very aggressive, they struggled to shoot on goal, which was crucial Then rightly with the qualities we have we always have to turn the game around, we have champions on the pitch and we have to do this, but we definitely have to play better”.

A historic goal because you scored the first goal of the new Juve era. What do you feel you can promise for the future of this team?

“Obviously, as I said two games ago, we have to raise the bar. We didn’t do it in Naples, but now we’re back in the game and we’re already thinking about Atalanta on Sunday because it will be a fundamental game to get back to what we were doing before Napoli. With this new ownership we try to bring Juve back to where it deserves to be with performance on the pitch. We think about the pitch, then off the pitch the club will think about it”.