Juventus, Sarri: "CR7 should be thanked, Higuain fundamental player"

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After the success against Milan, the Juventus coach Maurizio Sarri talked to the microphones of Sky Sports: "We were also willing to suffer. We have to do better in terms of quality because in the first part of the game we were wrong in construction. Then the desire to win and sacrifice was at the highest level".

Milan pulled more on goal.
"Milan have thrown in the goal but almost all of them are conclusions from outside the box. At the defensive level we played a good game. Milan played a game well above the level they had in the season. It is a team with level values technical".

Higuain?
"He is becoming a player for us, even if he is scoring less than usual this season. He knows how to talk with his teammates, he sacrifices himself, he becomes a player of importance to us".

Is Ronaldo a problem?
"It is not a problem, on the contrary. We must thank him because tonight he made himself available in not exceptional physical conditions. He made a sacrifice then I preferred to replace him because he seemed not very well. At the base of everything because he made himself available despite not being "In optimal conditions. First of all you have to thank him. If he gets angry because he comes out, it's the normality of all the players."

Team not brilliant.
"When you play seven games in 20, 21 days at the last few times you get very bright. You spend a lot of energy and you risk getting mentally unloaded in these cycle finals. The team is doing everything to improve. We still have a lot of progress to do but I liked the spirit tonight ".

Why physically Ronaldo is not him?
"The boy in the last month has had this problem with his knee due to a shot in training. Since then he has resentment to the collateral and when he trains at high intensity or plays he gets into imbalances and pains to the adductors. And in addition he has this difficulty in the moment in which he kicks in. A physical injury is conditioning him ".

Will you take Ronaldo because he left the field without going to the bench?
"No. I think it takes a bit of tolerance because when you take a player who is trying to give everything there are five minutes of pissing. I think it's normal and in the end a coach is also pleased to see an angry player for a replacement "I would be much more worried about the opposite."

Press less and leave the opponent more initiative.
"It is something that we also discussed at the interval. You cannot have dominance without high pressure. It is something we are doing worse but it is not a tactical request."