The words of Thiago Motta

These are the statements of Juventus coach Thiago Motta, at the microphones of “Sky Sport”, after the narrow success against Lazio, thanks to an own goal by Mario Gila in the final minutes of the match.

“I am always happy when we win, becauseè we brought our ideas to the field and reaped the fruits of hard work. Today we had great balance in both the defensive and offensive phases. It’s clear that with Lazio in 10 we raised our center of gravity and created more danger, but we still have to improve. Overall, however, è an important and deserved victory. Now we leave this match behind and think about the Champions match against Stuttgart, a team that is playing very, very well, although today they lost” began the coach of the bianconeri.

“We will continue to work on everything and I liked many things. It was not easy to maintain patience against a team that è defended very well even with numerical inferiority. In the first half we were a bit frantic, then with the enthusiasm and the push of our public we managed to do better and the goal è arrived at the right time” added the former Bologna.

“Cambiaso è a player who is becoming very important both here and in the national team, playing as a fifth, fullback or high outside. He’s a complete player who still has a lot of room for improvement. He has to pay attention to his physique, he has to be balanced mentally and physically because he is playing so much. He’s a great professional, he can still grow a lot in the defensive phase. He is going through a very good period of form” Thiago Motta commented.

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The words of Jannik Sinner

At the end of the Six Kings Slam awards ceremony, Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz, in their usual warm statements, only spent words of praise for their extraordinary rivalry, which also in Riyad gave another great show.

“Carlos and I try to push each other to the limit, we wake up in the morning trying to find ways to beat each other. These kinds of players push us to reach 100 percent of the limits. It doesn&#39t always seem to come out as well as it did today, but we try to do our best. With Alcaraz we are very good friends and I hope that this rivalry will last as long as possible and we will see what happens in the future” these are the statements of Jannik Sinner.

“I try to do my best every day. I will doè everything so thatè our rivalry lasts and is always better. I’m happy that he’s in the circuit becauseé he always pushes me to do better, I’m happy to share the field with him” this, on the other hand, is the thought of Carlos Alcaraz.

Although not recognized at the ATP level, the South Tyrolean, thanks to this success in the Six Kings Slam, has broken the Spaniard&#39s streak of three consecutive victories in head-to-head matches. In 2024, in fact, the Murcian has è imposed himself on the world number one in the semifinals at the Indian Wells Masters 1000 and Roland Garros and in the final of the ATP 500 in Beijing.

Juventus-Lazio 1-0

The match between Juventus and Lazio, valid for the eighth day of Serie A, ended with a narrow success. At the Allianz Stadium, in fact, the Bianconeri snatched the three points in extremis thanks to an unfortunate own goal in the final minutes by the biancoceleste defender Mario Gila.

The first chance è for the hosts on 7’: Thuram entered the area from the left and put a treacherous ball in the middle, which Gila deflected onto the post, with Provedel beaten. On 21’ comes the first jolt with Kalulu being sent deep by Vlahovic and being brought down by Romagnoli. After a VAR consultation, the referee draws the red card for the former milan defender. In the end of the first half è Gatti came close to taking the lead with a header that finished just over the crossbar.

In the second half came the second woodwork for Thiago Motta’s boys: at 57′ Thuram concluded toward the goal finding the deflection of a defender. On the rebound, Vlahovic concludes with a sure shot hitting the crossbar. After the round of substitutions, Juventus’ forcing is rewarded at 85’85;: Cabal puts a treacherous ball in the middle and this time Gila mistimes the intervention, deflects the ball and beats an unguarded Provedel.

Thanks to this success, the Bianconeri reach the top of the standings on 16 points, while Lazio remains stuck on 13 points.

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