Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Ranieri: "The First Match Was Fundamental"
From conference room at Santiago Bernabeu, at return match’s eve vs. Real Madrid, Claudio Ranieri speaks about a team that compared to the first match has a real different attitude. Now they face a dangerous opponent, but on enthusiasm wave for recent results, first of all the victory against Real at Torino, the road to revival opened up:
"The first match gave us the awareness of what we are able to do in a particular moment– the white&black trainer explains – That powerful awareness allowed us keep on going our way with more self-confidence"
Now journalists underline that the team coming from a not really positive moment is Real, not Juventus. Ranieri answers:
"It happens to all teams during a season, but I’ll answer you more or less just like Schuster did in Torino, and that is I do not think I’ll find a weak Real, on the contrary a team that wants to do well in front of its own audience. We are prepared, anyway"
Such a big match is easy to prepare: "Motivations can be easily found–Ranieri confirms– it’s one of most prestigious stadium where a team can play, it’s a good thrill. There are players, like Del Piero, who already felt this thrill, others must not be negatively impressed, but must play just like they know how to"
They tell Ranieri that injuries, on both sides, deprive the match of very important players, it seems that also Van Nistelrooy won’t be available:
"It’ a pity for the many absences– Ranieri answers-, because such a match deserves the presence of all actors. At this purpose Van Nistelrooy, if he won’t play, another champion will".
"Concerning our players, we are trying to recover Camoranesi fully, in order to allow him to face 90’. Always changing the team due to injuries is penalizing, ‘cos for players usually playing together there is an alchemy difficult to recreate by constant changing"
Juventus.com
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