On the eve of the Juventus Girls’s First Group’s closing Girls’s Champions League fixture of the season in opposition to Valerenga, coach Massimiliano Canzi was joined by midfielder Eva Schatzer for the standard pre-match press convention. Kick-off is about for 21:00 CET on Wednesday, 18 December in Biella.
Beneath is the decide of what Canzi and Schatzer needed to say.
EVA SCHATZER
“This primary a part of the season has been actually optimistic on a private degree. I’m very completely satisfied on a collective degree too as a result of we’ve had an excellent begin. We need to proceed alongside these strains and to shut out 2024 with a win in Europe.
“Taking part in within the Champions league is at all times particular, even when we’re now not capable of qualify for the knockout rounds. Personally, I take loads from these video games and I feel our squad has an added worth due to the variety of younger gamers we’ve.
“I spent a yr in Genoa with Sampdoria and it was an ideal yr for me as a result of it allowed me to develop loads. Upon returning to Juventus I’ve had the possibility to play loads, and I’ve to thank the coach for that, as a result of he has at all times proven his religion in me from the primary day and feeling this belief in me has allowed me to specific myself on the pitch.
“Everyone within the squad has helped me and proceed to take action each day, and that’s massively vital for me. There’s an ideal combine right here of extra skilled gamers and youthful gamers, the previous transmit the values of the membership to us and we attempt to take that in and convey a little bit of freshness. [Arianna] Caruso, [Martina] Rosucci and [Barbara] Bonansea have helped me loads, however the others all have too. We’re a very good group.”
MASSIMILIANO CANZI
“Seeing gamers develop, on a person degree in addition to the collective, is without doubt one of the biggest satisfactions a coach can have, and I’m actually pleased with what I’ve seen right here. I’ll add that, when talking about particular person progress, the cretic ought to be shared among the many workers as nicely, as a result of when labored is targeted extra on the person the eye to element of the workers turns into all of the extra vital and exact, so I’ve to increase thanks and congratulations to all the workers right here.
“This expertise in Europe has been stimulating. We all know that we’ve had problem as a result of in Europe the extent may be very excessive and we’ve come up in opposition to opponents of a very spectacular degree, however we’ve by no means taken the sector with our heads down. We’ve at all times given every thing we’ve, in each sport, and we’ll at all times take that with us.
“It’s arduous to say which sport I might select if I might play one of many European video games once more, as a result of they’ve all been outlined by episodes. However I’m satisfied that the primary sport in opposition to Bayern Munich was one which we had been very nicely ready for, we performed nicely in, and we misplaced due to a few moments. Let’s imagine the identical factor in regards to the sport in opposition to Arsenal. In fact we will’t play these video games once more, however I’ve to say that we approached them in the best manner.
“On Wednesday’s sport, Valerenga are a troublesome staff. The primary sport in opposition to them was evenly balanced, and we edged it. They’re harmful in assault, they’ve three actually top-level gamers who can do harm, they usually’re sturdy on set items as nicely. We’ve got numerous respect for them, they usually confirmed their degree within the video games in opposition to Arsenal and Bayern Munich as nicely.
“In soccer, past particular person high quality, the worth of the group is huge. From my first day right here the staff have at all times proven an extremely unity and togetherness. We’re a giant household, and there aren’t any cliques within the group, we’re all one group. This staff has at all times put the collective forward of the person, and that is one thing that makes me very proud.”