Tudor: Focus remains on ourselves | OneFootball

At 20:45 CEST on Saturday, 12 April, Juventus will face Lecce in a home match at the Allianz Stadium on Matchday 32 of this season’s Serie A.

This is how Coach Igor Tudor previewed the encounter against the team from Salento in his press conference.

THE WORK WEEK

“The group is doing well, we worked well on everything in this week that was a bit shorter than last week. You can see more and more confidence in the team. We worked on the technical part, and on the mentality as well. Every match should be approached like a final, I reiterated this to the whole team today as well. Past and future always count for little: I am happy because I found the lads with a desire to work and improve, this has been my good fortune. Their response surprised me positively, they are the ones who make the difference. It is not true that we coaches are not important – we are – but it is the response the players give that is the key. Sam Mbangula and Mattia Perin will be absent for tomorrow's match against Lecce, but I think they will return to training next week.

OPPOSITION FOCUS

“Tomorrow night's is a very difficult game. We have to focus on our game, there are no calculations to make or think about, there is no other way to do it. The focus is and must be on the match, the rest must interest us very little. Lecce? They’re an aggressive team, dangerous on the counter coached by a very good coach whom I respect. We, however, must focus mainly on ourselves.

TEAM FOCUS

“Khephren Thuram trained with the team, we'll see tomorrow who will play. Teun Koopmeiners can play further forward or further back, he’s energised and doing well. Dusan Vlahovic and Randal Kolo Muani? They’re well, I'm confident for the contribution they will make from here to the end, likewise Douglas Luiz, who comes from a year with many injuries, but is a player of great quality with a crazy shot and vision for the game. Francisco Conceicao is a strong player who I like a lot, he can decide a match at any time with his dribbles. I told those who I played a little less that I am very sorry. All the players we have are important, the changes we make are also crucial. Gleison Bremer? He is a very strong player with personality, he is always there to give advice, he is part of the team even if he doesn't train with the group. He is very important and we can't wait for him to come back.”

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