Juventus, Sarri: "After the Champions League we always fall, we reverse the trend"

Cali post Champions

"It is a feedback not an opinion, it has been repeated and it is no longer random – says the Juventus coach -, we have to improve from a mental point of view. The Champions League races take away both mentally and nervously, we must take a step forward". A difference, the one between the Juve of Champions and the one in the league, which could be dictated also by tactical aspects, with the Italian teams that face Juventus prepared to raise the barricades: "In the Champions League, however, you don't always find open teams like the "Bayer. Lokomotiv tended to close spaces. I don't believe that if a team closes, the strong team has to go into trouble. On a mental level, unconsciously, after winning so much in Italy, the head may perhaps go to a different goal." But we have to fight this: if we want to be competitive in Europe we must be winners in Italy ".

Gotti's Udinese

"Gotti is a person of great intelligence, I'm glad he has this important opportunity that they tell me he doesn't even want to have. I was lucky enough to work with him and Zola, they gave us a lot, without them we would have made a worse journey "Luca has a particular and strong intelligence. Udinese is dangerous because he knows how to close and make density, he has two strikers who can be dangerous even in situations that apparently are not. One (Okaka) knows how to protect the ball, to raise the team and play sideways while the other (Lasagna) is very fast in attacking the depth, any long ball can turn it into a dangerous action. We will have to have great attention in the positions below the ball line ".

Bentancur and Douglas Costa

"Both are doing well but with different assumptions: Bentancur has been stopped for three days while Douglas is twenty. The former does not affect his physical condition while the latter does, in fact, although they both moved well in training, I have a reservation on Douglas on estate". No reservation on the future of Bentancur: "I have said it several times, it will become a top player. It has physical and technical qualities absolutely above the norm, tactically and with personality it is growing. If it has a normal evolution it will become a top player".

The knot in midfield

Once again Ramsey may not be available, an absence that will be added to that of Khedira and the disqualification of Pjanic: "Until today he has not been available, he has done differentiated training with the rehabilitators. From the reports I have proceeds rather well, today he will do a part of training together with the group and an always personalized one. Let's see if tomorrow there will be the possibility to take him to the bench ". Among the candidates for a starting jersey two players, Rabiot and Emre Can, who are experiencing a delicate moment: "Rabiot with Bayer did not disappoint me, he is a boy who has had problems of normal acclimatization in our football. When he gave the feeling of growing he had an injury He has a remarkable physical structure, it is normal that he could lack a bit of brilliance, Emre has suffered a strong disappointment and has struggled to go further. course of the matches probably both ".

Ronaldo and the trident

Now behind the decline of Cristiano Ronaldo, who is getting closer to the best condition as shown by the two consecutive goals scored by CR7. "Right now he is recovering well from the matches, he has grown considerably in terms of physical condition. We will evaluate in the coming days based on how he will come out of the games but the feeling about him is of great growth". In the post game with Bayer, Ronaldo had sponsored the trident with Dybala and Higuain, an option that Sarri takes into consideration but for certain moments: "The mentality is offensive, the number of attackers does not count, for me the most defensive form is 3 -4-3. To make those three players play at the same time it takes certain conditions ".

Champions signal for Italian football

"Right now I am not interested in the draw. I am happy for Italian football, it can be a sign of awakening. We are not sure if we can get to the bottom like in the 90s but it is certainly a positive sign. The draw will interest me from tomorrow night, at the moment I think of the championship. If I talk about Champions I don't give a good signal to my players.

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