Francisco Conceicao believes that Juventus are ‘stronger’ than Roma and Como because the three sides look set to do battle over one spot within the Serie A high 4, and says that ‘each workforce’ would need to have his compatriot Bernardo Silva of their aspect: ‘He’s an ideal participant’.
Conceicao sat down in entrance of the media for the pre-match forward of Juventus’s upcoming Serie A match away in opposition to Udinese.
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Head coach Luciano Spalletti has made a behavior of sending one among his senior gamers in to do the Serie A pre-match press conferences in latest weeks: , , and this week was the flip of the Portugal worldwide, Conceicao.
Conceicao on Juventus’s high 4 battle and Bernardo Silva hyperlinks
The month of February was one to overlook for Juventus, who slipped to defeats in opposition to Atalanta, Inter, Galatasaray and Como throughout the Coppa Italia, Serie A and Champions League.
The defeats in opposition to Como and Galatasaray within the cups have ended any hopes of silverware for the Previous Girl this season, and people in opposition to Inter and Como have made a top-four end significantly extra of a problem.
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Juventus have since bounced again with and final weekend. They now discover themselves in sixth place, one level shy of each Roma (fifth) and Como (fourth).
“I feel that the energy of the group is the premise for every part we do. We’ve proven that many occasions prior to now,” Conceicao advised the media throughout his pre-match press convention on Friday.
“In the course of the week, we work on changing into stronger and all of us have to enhance individually, and that’s what we’ve carried out. We work on all the main points that the coach needs to enhance.
“We’re taking part in very properly in the mean time, however we now have much more potential to point out. Now we now have to win to attain our targets.”
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On the upcoming opposition, Conceicao added: “Udinese are a robust workforce and much more so at house. We all know that they’re notably sturdy up entrance and powerful generally, however we go to Udine eager to win.”
Juventus have additionally been linked with a possible transfer for Conceicao’s worldwide colleague Bernardo Silva, whose on the finish of the 2025-26 marketing campaign.
WOLVERHAMPTON, ENGLAND – AUGUST 16: Bernardo Silva of Manchester Metropolis in motion throughout the Premier League match between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Manchester Metropolis at Molineux on August 16, 2025 in Wolverhampton, England. (Photograph by Michael Regan/Getty Photos)
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“I do know Bernardo very properly and he’s an ideal participant,” mentioned Conceicao. “Each workforce wish to have Bernardo of their aspect.”
Conceicao was additionally requested how excited he’s to have Dusan Vlahovic nearing a return to the workforce after a protracted spell on the remedy desk and an absence of appropriate replacements in his absence.
“All groups are stronger when all of the gamers are match,” mentioned Conceica. “Dusan may be very sturdy and is lacking from our workforce in the mean time. He’s getting higher and higher and we hope that he comes again properly from his harm.”
And on Spalletti, he mentioned: “The coach has introduced us a whole lot of issues. We play properly, we now have the standard to do even higher and show it. You may see that the workforce performs with happiness, and performs properly. We attempt to dominate the sport and all of the gamers like that, notably these up entrance. We create a whole lot of possibilities however we now have to do extra and proceed working onerous to attempt to win in each sport.”
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Conceicao was additionally requested which of Juventus, Roma or Como he feels are the most certainly to complete the 2025-26 season within the Serie A high 4.
ROME, ITALY – MARCH 01: Francisco Conceicao of Juventus celebrates their first objective throughout the Serie A match between AS Roma and Juventus FC at Stadio Olimpico on March 01, 2026 in Rome, Italy. (Photograph by Paolo Bruno/Getty Photos)
He replied: “I’d say Juve, I don’t care about which of the others make it. I care that we’re there and that’s what we’re working for.
“We all know we now have the standard to remain (within the Champions League). We have now to work onerous and win the sport tomorrow. We have now to remain within the Champions League, we now have the standard to do it.
“For me, we’re stronger, however we now have to point out it. We have now to win to remain up there and we now have to show ourselves.”