Press room | Comments after Juventus-Como

THOUGHTS OF THIAGO MOTTA

“I am very happy with the performance and the result. We played excellently and deserved to win. Now we are focusing on recovering and already thinking about the next game. The data helps a lot in understanding what we can focus on to improve. I really liked our defensive play and the movements of the strikers. Of course we can improve, we will try to take it day by day. I think this team must and can do that. Mbangula? Samuel was very calm, it’s a good feeling for him. He deserves to play today because of the work he is doing with the group.

All good players can play together. Thuram played a good game, Manu played very well, communicated a lot and read the game well. Douglas and Nicolò have fitted in very well to continue to set the tempo. We have players who want the ball, who want to play. Locatelli is a great player, a player of the highest level. I saw from day one that he is ready to play different positions on the pitch. We are happy to have him, he performed excellently and gave instructions to his teammates at every moment of the game on what to do. Yildiz, when he plays as responsibly as he did today, he can play anywhere. He is a great player, technically, physically and also mentally. And then he is a guy who works very hard and that should be highlighted.”

COMMENTS BY LOCATELLI

“We have to work hard every day. We have a young team and the coach has asked us to do that. It only took a spark to light up the stadium. I congratulate Samuel, he deserves it and he has to keep working because he has all the qualities to be here. I like my role, I want to improve and get back to my best level.”

CAMBIASOS THOUGHTS

“We had a few problems in the first 20 minutes, but then we improved and things went very well. We were always hungry and the coach conveys a lot of that to us in every training session. Even the guys who played in the Next Gen last year put in a very good performance tonight. What does the coach want from us? He wants us to play football, to live out our qualities, to attack and defend together. I see that the coach is becoming more and more determined. Every day he asks us to work as hard as possible and to think about the present, because with the present we build the future.”

MBANGULA’S JOY

“It’s a very special feeling. It was my first time in Serie A and with the first team in a competitive match. I’m very happy with tonight. When I hear the crowd in the stadium… It’s an incredible feeling.”