Spalletti: ‘Not one, but three steps backwards’

Turin, 17 February (LaPresse) – ‘We have declined in terms of personality and character. Not one, but three steps backwards.’ Juventus coach Luciano Spalletti told Sky Sport after the Champions League defeat to Galatasaray. ‘Cabal’s sending off definitely had an impact on the game, then we added to it ourselves, we lost bad balls, we didn’t realise how dangerous what we were doing was,’ he explained. Problems in defence? “It’s hard to talk about it now, but I remain convinced that we can alleviate the difficulties in defence if we play football. Barricading ourselves in and playing on the counter-attack is not good, at least for us, we don’t have the players to do that. We must always start from the premise of managing the game, but if we drop below our level, we are always at risk,‘ he continued. On the comeback: ’We are working towards that, we have to be accountable to the fans and the city. Bremer out? It needs to be assessed properly, he could have problems.”