After Thursday night’s 2-0 loss at dwelling to Wolfsburg within the second leg of the Girls’s Champions League playoff spherical, which ended the Juventus Girls’s First Workforce’s European journey for the season, Stefano Braghin, coach Massimiliano Canzi, and participant Lia Walti spoke.
STEFANO BRAGHIN
“We had a superb run within the Champions League, and we bought by the League Part which wasn’t a given at first of the season. We performed some top-level opponents and performed some glorious video games. Individuals usually discuss concerning the hole between us and Europe’s huge golf equipment, however our progress and performances present that the hole is getting smaller. It is a nice signal for us.
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“We knew each element would depend in opposition to Wolfsburg, and so they had been extra expert than us, however that is a part of our development in Europe. We should study from what didn’t work, however for us this was a fantastic Champions League marketing campaign and we have now to take a look at it as a place to begin for the longer term.
“I can communicate on behalf of our membership, and never all of Italian ladies’s soccer: our development is clear, and is continuous. Simply assume that 5 or 6 years in the past we couldn’t have dreamt of enjoying on equal phrases with Wolfsburg, however at present we spent the complete second half urgent them of their half in search of an equaliser. That exhibits that issues are altering and that we’re turning into an more and more stronger workforce.”
MASSIMILIANO CANZI
“We may have stored enjoying for nevertheless lengthy, however the ball simply wouldn’t have gone into their purpose. It’s a disgrace as a result of studying that it ended 2-0 offers a really totally different impression from the sport than the fact. However, that’s soccer. I’m pleased with the ladies, they gave their all and I couldn’t have requested them for extra. I’m pleased with the alternatives we made too, and we knew it may have gone to 120 minutes tonight, so it was vital to think about that as a chance from the beginning.
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“Our European marketing campaign has been actually optimistic. Now, we have now to do our greatest to qualify once more so we are able to return to enjoying right here like we have now in current months.”
“We’re actually disenchanted, particularly after such a superb second half wherein we deserved extra. We tried the whole lot, however simply couldn’t rating. We struggled within the first half, however sorted issues out within the second and created a variety of possibilities. All we had been lacking was a purpose, and that was the large distinction tonight. It’s been a little bit of a recurring theme this season that we create however don’t convert. In Europe, you get punished should you don’t take your possibilities. We could be pleased with our efficiency at present, nevertheless it’s a pity we couldn’t get the end result.”