Start the Champions League, the race to the cup with great ears for Juventus begins. In a few minutes, alongside Allegri, Juventus captain Giorgio Chiellini will speak at the press conference from Mestalla, to present tomorrow's match against Valencia.
We start with Chiellini, the new Juventus captain: "Pride is definitely there, after so many years I've seen every one of them, there's an exponential growth that continues year after year. we feel stronger than in previous years but then the only one who has to speak is the field, tomorrow we have undergone a very difficult and important test: few teams, even among the great Spaniards, win in Valencia ".
Did you hear Buffon?
"I often hear it, not for advice or anything but for friendship, I hope to see it soon in the Champions League."
Did you talk to Douglas Costa as a captain?
"As a captain, no doubt, for our part there is only closeness, in this year he has been with us he has always behaved well, he knows he was wrong, he apologized and he will pay but he will not be crucified. wrong, but we all got it wrong, he understood and we hope he can help us in the Champions League this month, he's a golden boy who lost his mind ".
Do you see the most affordable Champions this year?
"We feel like we've grown up as a team, and from year to year this growth has been constant, so there's an abyss in the Champions League, we know the difficulties of this tournament and tomorrow we'll have a first taste. for those who do not have clear ideas, there are at least another 5-6 teams at our level and then in the direct matches everything can happen, last year Rome and Liverpool went ahead, which certainly were not among the favorites ".
If it were a fan would you bet on Juve?
"Fortunately you can not bet and then I never did it even when I could ... Believe it? We believe in it as in all other years, then we know the difficulties: you have to get to March trying to win all the competitions and then you will see the team in what conditions it will be at that point ".
Is there a double pressure load to manage?
"For a team like ours, with our experience, we can not talk about further pressure, we have to demonstrate on the field that we have grown up, we have reached the level necessary to win the cup, but not as an obsession. external is normal that pushes us in this direction, but our strength has always been the balance and that is what we will have to carry forward in the next months ".
How does having Cancelo change in defense?
"More than the defense matters for the team, the right alchemy must be found, Joao has very high quality and has entered well, he has to improve in some things, but he has extraordinary qualities that he is putting on the pitch. , it is up to us to try to make it improve and grow day by day ".
Three goals out of four suffered in this very similar start, why?
"We have to improve, we have got very similar goals, we need to have a little more attention on the crosses in the penalty area, we talked about it and we analyzed it, it's clear that we need to do it as soon as possible Already tomorrow, while in Italy at the first you forgive, in the Champions League the first mistake is punished and then it is not easy to overturn the matches ".
Since when is Ronaldo seen a different look in the eyes of the adversaries?
"No, absolutely no".
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