At 20:45 (CET) tomorrow, Sunday 9 March 2025, Juventus will face Atalanta on the Allianz Stadium on Matchday 28 of the Serie A season.
Coach Thiago Motta previewed the encounter throughout in the present day’s pre-match press convention.
SQUAD UPDATE
“We now have had an excellent week of labor. Those that are chosen tomorrow are able to face a powerful crew like Atalanta. [Gleison] Bremer, [Juan] Cabal, [Arkadiusz] Milik, [Jonas Jakob] Rouhi, Douglas Luiz, [Francisco] Conceicao and [Nicolo] Savona will probably be unavailable for the problem in opposition to the Bergamo facet. We’re fully centered, we’re conscious of the standard of the opponent and we do not waste power being distracted by anything. We now have to place all the pieces now we have labored on into follow to place in a fantastic efficiency and get the win. The boys have been working onerous since day one: now we have to work to discover a stability, they put numerous duty on themselves however generally this offers a bonus to the opponent as a result of they play with added strain. I’ve nice confidence in them as a result of they work onerous, as a result of they’re a crew they usually know precisely the place they’re and the place they need to go.”
THE OPPONENT
“We have to solely think about the problem in opposition to Atalanta, as we at all times do for any match. Our philosophy is to give attention to the subsequent match. We are going to come up in opposition to a powerful opponent tomorrow, they’ve high quality gamers and an excellent coach who helped me at a time that was not straightforward in my taking part in profession. Atalanta are a novel crew, and are characterised by at all times urgent excessive. Additionally they have the power to alter their marking system in the course of the match itself, they know learn how to play good soccer and depart little area for his or her opponent. There are lots of points that make them a powerful crew. Within the reverse fixture we put in a fantastic efficiency, but it surely was not sufficient to win, that explains the extent of who we’ll face. We are going to proceed to do what now we have to do to get the win.”
INDIVIDUALS
“[Teun] Koopmeiners has executed properly since he arrived. You at all times should attempt to enhance, I’m very glad for him for the aim he scored within the final sport. He’s an important man each on and off the pitch, he has helped loads and can proceed to take action as a result of he’s very skilled. [Kenan] Yildiz is doing properly and should proceed to develop as he’s doing. He’s very younger and there may be enormous potential for enchancment. He is aware of it, he is humble, he is keen to be taught. He has by no means stopped this 12 months, he’s at all times there. We should proceed to persistently create goalscoring alternatives in all kinds of how. The necessary factor is to create, then the possibilities of scoring objectives improve and in addition of profitable video games. I congratulate our forwards and midfielders for his or her assist in the defensive part. They contribute loads in making our crew a stable crew. The defenders and goalkeepers have actually executed properly too, however thanks additionally to these in entrance of them who’re selfless, supportive and useful.”