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Thiago Motta has admitted that his Juventus crew lacked creativity of their Champions League match in opposition to Membership Brugge final night time, in the end failing to safe a win.
The Bianconeri had travelled to Belgium with excessive hopes, buoyed by their victory in opposition to AC Milan of their earlier match. Nonetheless, Membership Brugge got here into the sport in glorious kind, boasting an 18-match unbeaten streak, and so they proved to be a formidable opponent.
Regardless of Juventus’s confidence and aspirations for a optimistic outcome, the encounter was more difficult than anticipated. Brugge’s well-organised construction posed vital difficulties for the Binaconeri, proscribing their attacking gamers to minimal alternatives. All through the sport, Juventus struggled to interrupt by Brugge’s disciplined defensive setup. It was not till late within the match that the guests managed their first shot on track, whereas the hosts did not register any makes an attempt on track themselves.
Reflecting on the efficiency, Motta acknowledged that his crew wanted to point out extra creativity to safe a victory. Talking to Tuttomercatoweb, he remarked:
“All of the groups which have handed by right here have had problem enjoying with this crew that closes very nicely and defends very nicely, at all times leaving yet one more behind. We additionally had difficulties, with out struggling however not creating one thing enough to have the ability to win the match. It’s a disgrace as a result of we might have achieved higher tonight, at all times respecting the opponent, and in addition with out taking away credit score from them who’ve created nice difficulties for different groups throughout the entire match and in addition on the counterattack they took the lead not permitting the opponent to get again into the sport. We as a substitute suffered little or no creating not sufficient to have the ability to win.”
Whereas the draw could have been disappointing, Juventus confronted a troublesome opponent in Membership Brugge, who’ve constantly examined their rivals all through the competitors. Regardless of the challenges, Motta’s feedback recommend he believes the crew might have achieved extra to discover a breakthrough, although he gave credit score to Brugge’s resilient efficiency.
