Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Zaccheroni: "I Have Respect For Ajax And Faith In Juventus"
"Ajax has a consolidated way of playing, which is practiced even by the youngest. It is a true football school and I have great respect for this team: they haven’t lost in 17 matches, has the best attack and the second best defence of the championship and has excellent individual players".
Alberto Zaccheroni spoke of the best qualities of the next opponents of the bianconeri, answering indirectly to the praise received from Martin Jol, the Dutch team’s coach, who underlined that Juventus in the last matches have always tried to bring home a good result:
"Many think that if a team tries to play well it is not positive. I think it is the opposite and therefore I take Jol’s words as a compliment. We haven’t played well up to now, however, when compared to the quality and the value of this team. We can do better and we are trying to re-polish the qualities of all our players".
Zaccheroni insists very much on the necessity to raise the performance level of the bianconeri: "We must launch a series of results. The weekly training can leave a remarkable effect, even though objective at the moment is preparing the four matches that await us. We must improve while playing not during training".
"We are trying to establish what was missing, where we must improve. The means make this possible even without a typical week. I am curious like everybody else and I know that there are always setbacks. I am aware of this under the condition to accelerate immediately".
With Juventus busy in the championship in an attempt to try and qualify for the next Champions League, the mid-week Europa League fixtures could prevent working with consistency:
"Just like in everything else there are the pros and cons.: The Europa League does not allow you to prepare and improve during training but gives you the possibility of meeting teams of a high level in an important competition. Since winning aids winning, these are even more opportunities to address the team towards the positive trend we all expect".
With regards to performance, Zaccheroni is sure it can only improve: "I am very hopeful, for two reasons: the technical value of the squad and the attention that I was given. The players listen and on the field carry out my instructions. Now I must be clever enough to maintain this attention because the daily routine tends to diminish this".
Juventus.com
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