“We considered making Gervinho available for Juventus, but he still has a problem he picked up last week and he won’t feature in the match, like Grassi who came off in the Lecce game with a back problem.”
“I don’t want to talk about what happened, but I’ll take this opportunity to clarify some things. We played against Lecce on Monday night, unlike Roma, who played a day earlier. We had to deal with playing three games in six days. We played our best team on Thursday night. During the week, before this Lecce game, Iacoponi and Bruno Alves – according to you and what you’ve written in the papers – they didn’t know if they were going to be able to play. Now I’ll ask you a question: when Parma beat Roma 2-0, what did people say? People mostly talked about Roma being tired because of the Europa league and that some players had already played that week. Taking away the credit from my team? And now? I’m not looking to take away from Roma’s performance and win.” “We will make our assessments on how the guys are doing tomorrow. What system? That will depend on the players I decide to send out onto the pitch. It’s clear that ultimately we will develop in a certain way and defend in another. This depends on the players that are picked.” “Kulusevksi will be seen in a different way. Until recently he was seen as a young guy from the Primavera, a guy who was only born in 2000. Now he has to do even better, since Juventus have made an important investment in him he will be judged differently. The advice I would give him is to go out on the pitch and continue to have as much fun as he has had so far without trying to overdo it because he could then have some difficulties. He’s a young man. Next year it’s clear he’ll earn a lot more money but from that point of view he has to do what he’s always been capable of doing: he’s a youngster who doesn’t like to lose, even in training. He has to remain clam and composed at his age.” The game tomorrow? “Juventus played on Wednesday and we played on Thursday but nobody pays attention to this – here in Parma at least – . That said, at Juventus there are players who play less in the league but not because they’re not good enough but rather as a part of a team management dynamic. We’ll be playing against a team in good physical and mental shape, it won’t be a simple match, we know we’re up against it but a lot will depend on how we go into the match and our desire to get a result. From a motivational point of view there’s very little to say in games like these, you have to find the energy that the match itself gives you. It’s a difficult but good game to play, in a stadium that will probably be sold out. I think that when you’re starting your professional career it’s everybody’s dream to play against Juventus, and to play like equals. That’s what I’m looking forward to.”
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