The elimination left its mark on Juventus. The defender: “Qualification thrown away in the first leg, absurd performance today, very sorry.” Manu: “These are matches that remain in our hearts, unfortunately we didn’t collect anything”
Bitterness and disappointment push exhaustion into a corner for a one hundred and twenty minute battle, lost, but only in terms of score. The elimination of Juve in the Champions League at the hands of Galatasaray, which only reached extra time after a comeback that had brought them one step away from the dream (ah, that shot by Zhegrova…), a 3-0 which after the 2-5 in Istanbul smacked of a feat, can only arouse those emotions. Federico Gatti’s words to Prime frame it perfectly. And we can’t help but start from the red to Kelly who directed the match: “The boys gave an absurd performance and we threw away the qualification for the first leg. Regarding Kelly’s episode it seems quite absurd to me, he hits the ball and then what should he do? I don’t know, we defenders in today’s football are penalized too much, then of course episodes change the matches. Having said that there was a truly impressive reaction, even the fans pushed us a lot, sorry, because then we arrived a little tired in the matches extra time. We really had the game back on track with one less, but I repeat, we threw it away in the first leg, the match can’t end like this. The performance? Yes, that absolutely remains but I’m sorry, because in the end it’s the result that counts and we don’t get through. But we put in a huge performance, really, with one less.
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Sorry. Sorry. Gatti repeats it ad nauseam, as does Manuel Locatelli himself: “It makes me want to cry for how we believed in it, what we gave, we gave our hearts – he tells Prime – Heartfelt thanks to my teammates, at the stadium, they are matches that remain in the heart, unfortunately we didn’t collect anything, only energy that we can take with us between now and the end of the year. We gave our soul, every player, every person who was out there. It’s continuity that allows us to achieve results, with the coach we are on the right path even if we lost the last ones, we must not lose awareness. Today we just need to congratulate ourselves, mistakes can happen, now we have an important match against Roma and we must think about that.”
