In view of the return match against Porto in the eighths of Champions, Andrea Pirlo spoke at the press conference. There Juventus he will have to overturn the 2-1 of the first leg: “If tomorrow is decisive for me? It is important and decisive for the passage of the turn. We have to overturn the result of the first leg, we have to be at our best. For my opinion I don’t think so, I continue to work day after day continuing with my project. If I had to think that I wouldn’t even have come to the conference. This is an important match but I think about my future project, then it is the club that decides these things. The pressure is all for the Juventus? We do not back down, we know we have all the credentials to move forward. Without underestimating the quality of Porto but knowing we can pass the round ”.
Many players are damaged: “They are all fine, today they all trained. De Ligt he warmed up with the team and then parted. The others are available, not to the maximum but it is already a lot to have them available. Chiellini he is quite well, he only trained today with the rest of the team. It is not at its best but I think it may be available. Arthur from the beginning? It is not at the top, but also having Danilo outside is one of the few that we have available and we hope it will also last a while. The absence of Danilo weighs because it is important to us but we will try to do our best. McKennie he is quite well, he has this little problem that he carries with him. We know that it has a limited playing time and even in the last few appearances we have tried to manage it ”.
Cristiano Ronaldo he rested against Lazio only to enter the second half at 3-1. When the knockout matches arrive in the Champions League, the Portuguese is unleashed: “He is energized, he has had the opportunity to rest these days. We had planned a training course with him after Spezia and he is very energized ”.
Two fundamental players like Morata e Bernardeschi they are playing excellent matches: “Morata is always improving, he is an intelligent and ambitious player, he always tries to read up on the opponents he is going to face. Bernardeschi can it be one of the surprises? I spoke to Federico this summer on vacation and I proposed to him the idea of making him play as a left-back, which I think can do very well. He has given me his availability, now that he has made up his mind to be able to do so, we will continue along this line ”.
OMNISPORT | 08-03-2021 15:55
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