Saturday, May 9, 2009
Ranieri: "We Have A Personality And Characteristics And We Will Field Them Tomorrow"
Following the fine-tuning session on Saturday and before the departure to Milan for the match against the rossoneri, the Juventus coach spoke of the importance of the match during a press conference at the Juventus Media Center in Vinovo.
The match against Milan together with that against Inter is probably one of the most awaited matches of the season:
"It is a very important and exciting match and therefore we are happy to play against them. We know that they are going through a great period and we on the other hand are not, but we will play our match and do our best. We have to field all our strength, humility and all our capabilities. We will be playing for the second and third place. The two teams will want to do well. It is one of the classics of the Italian championship and we therefore have to be concentrated to the maximum".
Asked whether the nerves of Juventus are on edge, Mr. Ranieri denied any unusual tension in the team:
"The nerves have always been calm. I think everything is normal. The extra hours of training were intended to change the routine. We know we must fight till the end. We know that during the last month we did not do well and therefore we want to react and change the tendency".
"When you are well mentally the physique responds too and even though we did not do so well recently we are calm. We complicated our own life and we must answer to ourselves. After the match against Roma and the international break we never came back to being ourselves and we must see why and how we can overcome this".
The Juventus coach also quoted the statement made recently by John Elkann:
"I already said two weeks ago that we must work and that’s it and this was also stated by Ing. Elkann and therefore we must just work and that’s it. I am convinced that we have to finish this championship and then comment after".
One sure thing is that luck was not on the side of Juventus this season, especially when one considers the number of injuries the coach has had to deal with. The most recent is that of Claudio Marchisio who will miss tomorrow’s match due to muscle strain suffered during the last training session before the match. This in addition to the absences of Molinaro, Nedved, Mellberg and all the others does not make life any easier for the bianconeri.
"We always made a virtue out of necessity and tomorrow we will have to do without Nedved and Molinaro. We will play the match as we always did. We have a personality and characteristics and we will field them tomorrow as we always did".
And if he could remove a Milan player from the field who would it be? :
"I want to play against Milan with all the players they have. I like to see who has this determination and never say die attitude and therefore I wouldn’t want to remove any Milan players".
Finally a comment about Alessandro Del Piero and Paolo Maldini who tomorrow will meet in an official match for the last time, seeing the retirement of the Milan captain at the end of the season:
"Del Piero and Maldini are two splendid champions who have been in football for a number of years and who have given lustre to Italian football".
Juventus.com
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