Juventus Turin lives dark hours. After her elimination in the Champions League against the PSV, the old lady is, in fact, a new fall to everyone's surprise in the quarter-finals of the Italian Cup, Wednesday evening, against Empoli (1-1, 2-4 TAB). A disillusionment that has not failed to make the Italian press react in the past few hours. If La Gazzetta dello Sport thus mentioned a shameful performance, Tuttosport For its part, swept away on the Motta disaster. A disaster also relayed by The Repubblica While at the same time, The Stampa underlined that there was “No excuse”. As you can see, the transalpine media are briefing black and Thiago Motta takes it for its rank.
Motta smashes her players
Arrived on the Turin bench last July after an experience more than encouraging on the Bologna bench, the old PSG community still fails to impose its paw on the collective of Bianconeri. As a result, after 26 days of Serie A, Juventus Turin points to a disappointing 4th place and has 8 lengths late on Inter Milan. Above all, the Vecchia Signora, eliminated from the Champions League and the Italian Cup, said goodbye to two important competitions in the space of only eight little days. Two terrible failures that do not logically pass on the side of Turin. At the edge of tears after defeat against Empoli, Motta then got carried away and did not fail to smash his players, whose attitude he deplored more than ever.
“The first half is simply shameful. The public was nice today given what we saw in the first half. I'm ashamed. It's my fault. I failed to make them understand the importance of this match when we wear the jersey of Juve. There is one thing that cannot be missed: behavior. It is unacceptable. The supporters are asked for the club and the history of Juve. We touched the bottom. I'm really ashamed tonight. There are people here who claim things without giving anything. It is neither a technical problem nor a tactical problem tonight. It takes a different attitude on the ground, you always have to run and give on the ground ”first deplored the Italian technician.
Relaunched at a press conference, Motta did not set off. “This is the first time in my coach career that I have seen one of my teams with this attitude. I'm ashamed tonight, I'm ashamed. Wow… (Silence) It’s inadmissible. It's my fault. I don't accept that in any job. The behavior should never miss. I'm ashamed. The tifosi were very nice tonight, very nice. We deserved much more than we heard this evening. We do not play with the right attitude and good behavior, even less in the jersey of Juve. It is not a beautiful feeling. She is even very nasty. We can win or lose, but never missed in attitude ”added the 42 -year -old coach. Annoyed and frustrated, Motta finds herself more than ever on a thread …
Tensions in the locker room, discussion choices
In Italy, some media argue, as such, that the ex-player of Inter Milan will now play his survival in the coming weeks and that a fourth place in the championship may not be enough. If he is not alone on the accused bench at Juve – since management and more generally the Turin project are also discussed – Motta is also losing its locker room. With this in mind, the Gazzetta dello Sport Affirms, in its edition of the day, that a fracture has gradually settled and that many frictions have taken place since the start of the season, whether with Vlahovic, Fagioli, Danilo, Cambaso or Gatti. The newspaper with pink paper specifies, moreover, that no one blames him for his passion and his professionalism, but his lack of empathy …
Criticized by the press, questioned for his tactical choices – his decision to associate Kolo Muani and Vlahovic with the kick -off of the match against Empoli was notably pointed out – and having to face an increasingly unstable wardrobe, Thiago Motta therefore finds himself in a more than perilous situation, only a few months after his debut on the Turin bench. Author of a hitherto contrasting assessment (17 victories, 16 draws, 6 defeats in 39 matches in all competitions), the native of São Bernardo do Campo will quickly have to find solutions to get out of an increasingly palpable crisis. First mission? Put the three points, at home, opposite the Hellas Verone on March 3.
