Juventus manager Thiago Motta on 3-1 PSV UCL win
17/09/2024
UEFA24
Allianz Stadium, Turin, Italy
17/09/2024
UEFA24
Allianz Stadium, Turin, Italy
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00:00Good evening, if you are ready with the cameras, let's start the post-match conference with Mr. Tiago Motta.
00:17Good evening, Marco Venditti. Juventus have had a great start, a perfect defensive and attacking phase. Juventus know how to offer a show but also how to suffer when they cover. It can't get any better than this. Thank you.
00:37Yes, it's a good start for the result. It's very important to start the competition with a win. Now we have to analyse what we did well and there are many other things that we can improve for the next games, already thinking about the next one in the league against Napoli.
00:58Good evening, I wanted to ask you about Locatelli, who played a more difficult role than the rest of the squad.
01:13He played a good game. I'm happy with what he did during the minutes he played. He and his team-mates did well. Now we have to recover and prepare for the next game in the league.
01:36It's an important role, but all the roles are important on the pitch. Everyone has to do their best so that the team can function. Now we have to recover and focus on Napoli.
01:53Good evening, I'm Patanina from Corea dello Sport. You said on TV that you didn't like the way the team controlled the ball. What did you like the most about Juventus?
02:10At the end of the day, you put Fagioli on the left wing and created two or three good chances. Was that a good position for Fagioli or was it a necessity?
02:25No, it wasn't a necessity. We had Samu on the bench and he could have played that role. The consistency we showed today is important. We have to be determined when we play in the opposition's box. We have to conclude our actions so that we can take the lead and continue the game.
02:48That's the positive side of today's game. There are many other things we can improve on. We have to use the ball well and make it difficult for our opponents.
03:05Hi coach, I'm Giorgio Musso from Calciomercato.it. I'd like to ask you about Saturday's game against Napoli and about Gatti's condition.
03:18Federico is in good shape. He had a small distortion and we'll look at it tomorrow. It won't be a big deal. We'll prepare for the game against Napoli.
03:33As a team, we have to play well in both phases and in the transitions. They're a team that plays well in the transitions. We have to be at our level to compete with them.
03:48Hi coach, I'd like to ask you about the result and how the game went. How disappointed and angry are you about that goal?
04:07To be honest, I'm more worried about the goal we conceded. There are many other things we can do better.
04:17Hi coach, I'm Camilo De Michelis from Juve. I'd like to ask you about McKennie. He had a special summer. He played well in both phases. He helped Norne recover the ball and had two chances to score.
04:38How important is McKennie to you?
04:42He played well, just like his team-mates. He's a player who can give a lot. He played well in both phases. He's good technically and physically. He knows how to take up space.
05:02I'm sure he and his team-mates will improve as a group and as a team.
05:18Hi coach, I'd like to ask you about Danilo. He's been called a non-player captain. He played well and recovered well. What role can Danilo play in Juve?
05:30As always, he's an important role. He's an important player for us, like many other players in the team. Today he and the others who came on, came on well. He's an important player, like many other important players in the group.
06:00Good evening, coach. Simone Nasso from Sport Notizie. Scouten said yesterday that Juventus are a less Italian team and more European. Do you agree with this statement? Do you think tonight's game indicated the type of football that Juventus want to express over time, regardless of whether it's Italy or Europe?
06:23Gerdi Scouten is a great player. We've seen him before. He played well tonight. His team didn't win, but he played well. I'd like to thank him for his words. He's a smart guy, not only as a player but also as a person.
06:46Today was a good performance from PSV. It was a good game. We were very concrete. I think we created all the chances we had. We came to the end of the game in great danger. That's a positive.
07:05There are many other things we can do better in terms of managing the ball, because we have strong players and we have this level. We can do better collectively.
07:35Do you think you're creating a good feeling with Nico on the right wing?
07:41Pierre did a great job. All of them. In the end, our players played well. We can do better collectively.
07:55I think that's where we have to put our quality at the disposal of the team to grow as a team. I think that's the right path.
08:12I think that's where we have to put our quality at the disposal of the team to grow as a team.
08:32Good evening, coach. Yesterday you said that Kopmeiners didn't see the lack of training in him. You didn't notice that he wasn't training for most of the summer.
08:53You said that the goal you conceded is what worries you the most.
08:59No. I said that the thing that worries me the least is the goal I conceded.
09:19Sorry, I was wrong.
09:22The thing that worries you the least is the goal you conceded. What else worries you the least after this game, for example, compared to the addition of new players?
09:35We saw Kopmeiners swap with Ildi, we saw Nico Gonzalez score.
09:40They are strong players who can play in different positions because they have already done so.
09:57They have the intelligence to understand how to do it and when to do it. I think that's where we have to grow as a team.
10:10We have so many strong players who can understand what to do on the pitch and when to do it.
10:20The collective growth will help each of them.
10:27Antonio Paulino, Radio Bianconera. You can see the level of perfectionism in this team.
10:36At the start of the season, I think Juventus were very precise at the start of the game, as well as under Portablavic.
10:47A win doesn't add anything, but do you think these aspects need to be improved?
10:53I don't know how to achieve perfection, but yes, there are many things that need to be improved.
11:07We are a strong team and we have strong players. We need to improve all the time.
11:19We need to be aware of our strengths, but at the same time we need to know that we can always have something better or something more.
11:32I think that's where we need to focus. We need to focus on not giving up.
11:42We need to focus on not giving up on a 2-0, on a result or on a way of playing.
11:49We need to be willing to look for something better.
11:54I think that's our job and that's the beauty of this game and this sport.
12:03We need to look for something better that we can do individually and collectively.
12:10At the end of the day, we need to make it difficult for our opponents and get the result we want.
12:17There are many things that we can do better.
12:21Last two questions.
12:25Good evening, Emanuele Gamba from Repubblica.
12:28On Saturday you said that one of the things that didn't work was the fact that Valavic was left too alone in the air.
12:36From this point of view, did he have what he wanted given that he was shot at by McKinney, Meijners, Nico and so on?
12:44If I'm not mistaken, it looked like you were more satisfied on Saturday than tonight,
12:52when you were underlining the things that you didn't like.
12:57Yes, you're a good observer.
13:02On the one hand, yes, you're right. On the other, no.
13:06Because we won today and winning is always good.
13:10No, the thing about Dusan against Empoli was that we didn't leave the team time to get there and fill the penalty area.
13:20I think that tonight we did better.
13:25We did better in a few moments because we arrived with great speed.
13:29Of course, we can do better after the result we got in the game,
13:36in terms of getting there with the men, but with the time.
13:40With the time to play and have possession in the opposing half.
13:44That's something that we lacked in Empoli.
13:48Today was a situation where we could have done better.
13:53But I'm satisfied with the result.
13:58It's inevitable, it's obvious.
14:01It's clear that we can do many things better collectively.
14:08I'm convinced that we have the conditions to do so.
14:14Good evening, coach.
14:15This is Filippo Cornacchia from La Gazzetta dello Sport.
14:18Before you, the only coach to make his debut on Juve's bench,
14:22even with a 3-1 win, was Marcello Lippi in 1995-1996,
14:26and then the story ended up like that.
14:29Several Juve players say that in Tiago Motta,
14:33Lippi was the first to see something new, the decision-making.
14:36What would you like from Lippi?
14:38Everything.
14:40I don't like comparisons.
14:49He's done some great things.
14:52He's a historic coach.
14:57He's worth admiring.
15:00He's done a lot of good things,
15:06but I don't like comparisons.
15:11It's me.
15:13I try to do my best to help the team,
15:17to think about the present,
15:19to keep working hard
15:23and to help my players to do their best in every game.
15:28That's our aim.
15:30Lippi was a historic player in our football.
15:33He was part of this great club.
15:37I admire him as a coach at this level.
15:43Thank you all and good night.