Sarri says he will not make any changes to Juventus’ free-kick hierarchy, despite Cristiano Ronaldo’s poor conversion rate.
There have been calls for Miralem Pjanic and Paulo Dybala to replace Ronaldo as Juve’s default free-kick taker, with the Portuguese statistically Serie A’s worst.
However, Sarri made it clear before tomorrow’s trip to Lecce that he would leave duties to the discretion of the No 7 and Pjanic.
“It’ll be a difficult match against a team who always propose their own style of play, even when they’re in trouble,” he said at a Press conference.
“There will be many variables to deal with, like the heat, which can be an obstacle as it was in Florence, but we must be able to overcome these difficulties too.
“Right now we don’t have that many options to rotate, but we’ll change something based on the condition of the players.
“Bonucci’s always played, we’ll see if we can give him a breather. Douglas Costa isn’t ready yet and De Sciglio also needs a few more days.
“I often talk to Ronaldo. Even for him he’ll occasionally need to rest. We’ll see when, based on how he feels.
“Ronaldo, Pjanic & Dybala decide over free kicks, it’s down to them. I’ve asked for a few things from Pjanic, without changing his nature, and he did well to make himself available.
“He’s expressing himself at very high levels.”
Desmondeyum
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Sign Pepe and he would take it
jefthomas
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pjanic for shorter ones and dybala for longer ones and Ronaldo for impossible ones
GodwinOrji
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I would love every coach to stop feeling that any player is above them, cos as a coach your decision is final. for a long time cr7 has not been good to freekick y asking or do u need the fans to tell you that pjanic conversion rate is far better and dybala also. but penalty should be cr7 as per the big name in that team. am not hating, just that this has become common recently even in Barcelona suarez coach can't bench him, busquet the same thing . favoritism is too much now in Barcelona that everyone working there re all spain. recently they wanted to recruit puyol not minding if he has the calling or capacity to handle that position. but thank God that out of everyone few re chosen nd puyol turned down the offer saying he won't be able to give his all. imagine he adamantly took that job, in the future we would be experiencing another problem from his side. that u played well doesn't mean u posses managerial skill, Barca should go out and look for those who posses managerial skills to handle their offices and stop this family madness and favoritism its killing us to the core. Find a no nonsense coach that look players in the eye and tell them no and yes this is what I want u to do. Mourinho for instance wasn't a player but possess managerial skills an example of a no nonsense coach am talking about. one of the best coach in history and statistically proven. Barca should always know when to divert to recent chages. thanks
cby10
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Everybody knows who is the best FREE-KICK taker in Juve. It is and it will be always Cr7 as long as he's in the squad.
DEVANCY
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DONT FORGET THAT DESPITE POOR CONVERTION RATE RECENTLY.....RONALDO HAS MOST FREEKICKS THAN ANY ACTIVE FOOTBALLER ...#RESPECT#