TMW – Sarri happy in half: "Great result, but low level game"

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Good victory, good qualification, but Maurizio Sarri is not 100% satisfied after his Juventus 2-1 at Lokomotiv Moscow: "An important victory has arrived, qualifying for the fourth game in a group of six is ​​not easy and in fact it seems to me that it did not happen to Juve by 10/11 years. It is a high level result. Having said that, we did a tactically low level game: we knew they would wait low and take advantage of the space. We gave it to them: our defensive phase was chased, not face ".

CR7 didn't seem happy to go out.
"Ronaldo's departure was made out of fear, he already had adductor fatigue in the first-half final. I talked to him two or three times in the second half, I didn't see him so convinced he stayed on the pitch. It seemed to me that it had become not very fluid, to avoid an injury the change had to be made ".

With Douglas and Dybala you changed the game.
"We have a bench in which it is often easy to guess the change. When you put quality players against tired opponents it is easy to make a good impression. We are lucky to have this bench, probably some players have put us in difficulty with the staff. we had the feeling that the team was tired. Maybe 6-7 at once are too many. "

Rabiot how did you see it?
"On a personal level, he was one of the few who has recovered some important football. On a tactical level, like the others: the midfielders did not hold the position very well."

More happy for the qualification, or more angry for what didn't work?
"It's important to have achieved the goal, and at the same time have something to show the kids to improve."

What will happen when Juve travels at full speed?
"I don't know, maybe we stop making goals in the final and we don't win anymore. But I have the idea that if we can get better on the pitch the chances of doing good are there".