Maurizio Sarri is “starting to enjoy” Juventus training sessions ahead of the Supercoppa Italiana against Lazio. “The objective must always be utopia.”
“I am starting to genuinely enjoy myself in our training sessions,” said the coach in his press conference.
“If I do that, it’s because the team is playing or at least trying to play the football that I proposed. If I am enjoying myself, it suggests we have some weaknesses, but I can fix them. The objective must always be utopia, as if we’re never completely happy, we will always have something to improve.
“Don’t forget, we’ve only lost one game. Over the last two matches, we’ve changed system and it does take a lot out of you, so inevitably we got stretched out towards the end.”
It remains to be seen whether Sarri will stick with the trio of Paulo Dybala, Cristiano Ronaldo and Gonzalo Higuain together after wins over Udinese and Sampdoria.
“We conceded two goals over the last three games, one of them was at the 95th minute. It’s not like we are leaking goals every five minutes,” argued the coach.
“We are making mistakes, but strangely tend to concede more when we are defending deep than with a high press. It’s difficult to work out why that is, so we need to work on it.
“Wojciech Szczesny is available, Mattia De Sciglio is in good shape, Aaron Ramsey and Douglas Costa are working their way back to full fitness. We’re only missing Giorgio Chiellini and Sami Khedira, who both had knee surgery."