Juventus coach Thiago Motta didn’t like what he noticed from his attacking band within the Champions League contest towards Membership Brugge.
The Bianconeri have now secured their place within the Champions League knockout phases, however they wanted a victory in Belgium to interrupt into the Prime 8 spots which warrant a direct path to the Spherical of 16.
Nevertheless, the group put up a forgettable exhibiting away from house, settling for a goalless draw. Whereas the primary half was a snoozefest, the 2 groups confirmed some attacking intent after the break, albeit it wasn’t sufficient to vary the preliminary consequence.
For his half, Motta was disillusioned with the shows of his attacking choices who didn’t create a lot within the attacking third, whether or not those that began the competition, or those that got here off the bench within the second half.
The one exception was Samuel Mbangula who did sufficient towards his former employers to earn an honest score on the supervisor’s e book, though the 21-year-old was hooked within the second half.
“Mbangula was the one one who was respectable,” mentioned Motta through IlBianconero. “I performed six forwards, however just one, Mbangula, did nicely.
“Nobody tried a dribble or tried to assault in depth. Solely Mbangula did it. I anticipated far more from the opposite 5.”
The younger Belgian began on the left after discovering the again of the web towards Milan within the weekend, with Timothy Weah on the other facet whereas Nico Gonzalez acted as a centre-forward.
In the course of the second half, the 2 wingers had been changed by Kenan Yildiz and Francisco Conceicao, however to little impact, whereas Dusan Vlahovic got here in for Gonzalez within the closing stretch, however it was one other depressing cameo for the Serbian striker who can’t simply catch a break today.