Cuadrado: ‘Juventus, don’t give up’

Winger Juan Cuadrado declares Juventus’ aim is to “always hold on to first place” in Serie A.

The Bianconeri are three points clear of Napoli at the top of the table, and the Colombian urges his teammates to press home their advantage.

“They will be difficult games [until the end of the season],” Cuadrado predicted in an interview with Sky.

“We’ll have to take them one-by-one, stay calm and always look to get the result if we want to always hold on to first place.

Winger Juan Cuadrado declares Juventus’ aim is to “always hold on to first place” in Serie A.

The Bianconeri are three points clear of Napoli at the top of the table, and the Colombian urges his teammates to press home their advantage.

“They will be difficult games [until the end of the season],” Cuadrado predicted in an interview with Sky.

“We’ll have to take them one-by-one, stay calm and always look to get the result if we want to always hold on to first place.

“That’s our objective, to stay there until the end. It would be nice to extend our lead over our adversaries.

“We know that there are other teams near us, and they’ll fight to stay in the battle for the Scudetto. We mustn’t give up, and continue with grit and always try to win.

“We must always go onto the field with the right mental attitude, and we have to work because we know the matches are difficult and anything can happen.

“We have to approach every game like a final, always giving our all.”

The Old Lady threw away a 3-0 lead in their Coppa Italia semi-final against Inter, eventually advancing on penalties after a three-goal reverse in the second leg at San Siro, will that serve as a lesson?

“Losing isn’t nice, because you didn’t earn anything, but now we’ve reached our objective. I think it will also help us battle to the end in all our matches.”