Empoli Coach Marco Giampaolo admits the superiority of his rivals: 'Juventus played as a great team, without doing great things'.
The Azzurri caressed the illusion of victory after taking the Bianconeri down by a goal, but the comeback ended 3-1 for the visitors.
“We made a gift of the first goal, it was a technical injury,” he said after the game. “The second came from a dead ball and the third, as far as I've been told, was offside.
Empoli Coach Marco Giampaolo admits the superiority of his rivals: 'Juventus played as a great team, without doing great things'.
The Azzurri caressed the illusion of victory after taking the Bianconeri down by a goal, but the comeback ended 3-1 for the visitors.
“We made a gift of the first goal, it was a technical injury,” he said after the game. “The second came from a dead ball and the third, as far as I've been told, was offside.
“We tried making our own game. Juventus were better because they have more experience, they knew how to handle the moments of the game.
“They were able to interpret the game as a great team, without doing great things.
“We met a great team with enough personality to play at the back too. We tried to press in that zone but they weren't intimidated and sometimes they were able to undo our offence.
“Of course you can never be happy about a loss, especially after a result like this, which can only leave us feeling embittered.
“Nonetheless, we tried doing what we could. Perhaps we could have done more, but Juve knew how to play in the nitty-gritty, handling things with experience.
“Obviously we could have picked up a positive result if we'd been able to defend our goal, but we're emerging from a string of games that haven't been positive.
“Today we made a few mistakes too many.”