Andrea Pirlo insists he would confirm himself on the Juventus bench and explains what he dropped Cristiano Ronaldo.
The Old Lady snatched a 4-1 win against Bologna and qualified for the Champions League.
“For me, it was important to finish the job, winning the Coppa Italia and qualifying for the Champions League, which was a very important target,” Pirlo told DAZN.
“I’ve always put in the total commitment, and this is the result. Those who must decide [about my future] will do it.
Andrea Pirlo insists he would confirm himself on the Juventus bench and explains what he dropped Cristiano Ronaldo.
The Old Lady snatched a 4-1 win against Bologna and qualified for the Champions League.
“For me, it was important to finish the job, winning the Coppa Italia and qualifying for the Champions League, which was a very important target,” Pirlo told DAZN.
“I’ve always put in the total commitment, and this is the result. Those who must decide [about my future] will do it.
“I see myself on the Juve bench next season, I would confirm myself, but now we must enjoy what we have achieved.”
Paulo Dybala started in place of Cristiano Ronaldo who was surprisingly benched for the second time this season.
“It was a shared decision, Ronaldo was tired after Wednesday’s game, so I decided to start Morata, another great player. Ronaldo was available, I have a deep squad, and I can pick many different players.”
How much has he missed Dybala?
“A player like him changes the level of every team. He had many physical issues this season, he’s never trained consistently, but the quality is there. We missed him, let’s see what the future has in store for him,” Pirlo replied.
How does he imagine the Juventus of the future?
“I imagine a stronger Juventus, a team that is aware of its strength. Some players have no idea about their potential and how strong they are.
“Rabiot has proved to be a unique midfielder. He is a champion. Knowing all the others, I managed to put them in the right conditions to perform well,” the coach added.
“We are on the right path if we help each other and run all together for the target. We lacked all these things many times this season.
“When we felt a bit of fear and when we saw that the target was farther away, we gathered, we understood that to get the result, we needed an extra effort. In the end, we achieved the result. If we start again together next season, we’ll have a solid base.
“I never had fear, it took me a while to create that routine for the training sessions. It took some time to make the lads understand what I wanted, it was not easy to step in with so many champions, but everyone has helped me.
“I’ve improved, it was a complicated season, but it was useful for my development.”