Juventus coach Thiago Motta insists he’s not willing to make a scene following the thrashing defeat at the hands of Atalanta.
The Bianconeri were riding a five-match winning streak in Serie A which catapulted them back to the title scene, but their hopes came shattering in the worst possible fashion, as they were pummelled in front of their disgusted supporters by four unanswered goals.
Juve were simply shambolic from start to finish, and were arguably lucky not to concede more goals, as Michele Di Gregorio had to produce some spectacular saves, especially at the end of the first half.
But while Motta had a major outburst when his side was eliminated from the Coppa Italia by Empoli, this time, he maintained his usual serene demeanour, insisting he’s not a fan of theatrics.
“We had a difficult match against a strong team. We started very well, then we suffered the penalty episode,” said the 42-year-old in his post-match interview with IlBianconero.
“If you expect me to throw bottles or make a scene, that’s not part of my character. I’m a serious and honest person, with the obligation to start the week off right now. You’ll never see something from me that I don’t really feel, that I make a scene because someone has to see it.
“I’m sad, but from tomorrow we’ll have to have the strength to start again and think about the next match, unite the locker room more, not talking about a friend of a friend.”
Motta nevertheless admits this result is difficult to swallow, but denies rumours of internal rifts.
“Internally we have always maintained balance. Now we are thinking about the next match, this is difficult to digest but it is part of our job. We all take into consideration what is said on the outside but we are a great team, so rumours are normal. We respect everyone’s, even the fans who are free to express their opinions.”
Finally, Motta claimed the penalty on Weston McKennie was dubious, while noting that the team failed to mount a strong reaction.
“Atalanta deserved it, we started the game well and the penalty incident is questionable. Then everything became more difficult, we went too far in attack, losing our balance against a team that was waiting for our mistakes.
“We knew it, the first goal we conceded made it even harder. Afterwards, we didn’t have the chance to react because they controlled the game and exploited our mistakes.”
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Its just not good enough and I think the step up to Juve from Bologna was to steep for Motta.
We have a very week team and unfortunately Motta is a week coach.
To aim for scudetto is a bit unrealistic given this is his first spell at a big club and they basically dismantle the squad. Serie A is diferrent from when its we run riot years ago. So him to stutter in his first season, I am expecting that and I’m pretty sure the board understand the risk when they appoint him. Also we have to give some credit to Gasp and Atalanta. They are not a “surprise” team anymore, ffs. Enough with all those “we’re Juve” crap, other teams are improving too, this is not 2012 anymore and it is good. The defeat is embarassing and its hurt but sometimes you need this kind of humbling.
You wanted Max to get dismissed. Well, here you are!
Allegri should have been fired long ago. Motta failed to build a team, but that doesn’t change the fact that Allegri is a looser coach with terrible tactic.
Yeah a loser coach that brought us 5 doubles in a row with 2 CL finals.
You must have amnesia or be the master of revisionist BS. He had 3 effin years to turn things around, and we only had the Coppa last season to show for it. Benfica humiliation in Europe? Check. Losing to a bunch of Israeli plumbers? Check. The 5-1 drubbing by Napoli? Check. The list of embarrassments and humiliations during his second tenure is impressive indeed. Stop living in the past. Motta is atrocious, absolute garbage even, but that doesn’t negate the fact that Failegri is done as a coach at the top level. He is a relic, a fossil, a remnant of the past.
Without Conte’s team-building skills, without the BBC and without the MVP, Allegri would not have won anything in his first term. And his second term was a tragedy.
Conte left him very strong team in time when serie A was quit weak.
Allegri was a clown.. don’t give the decades ago result.. back then, we more superior in term of the squad compared to other Serie A teams.. look what happen when the other team manage to rebuild?? He can’t win anything.. if any, I’d rather have Pirlo than these two..