Juventus coach Andrea Pirlo has ‘high expectations’ and stressed the Old Lady have the required ‘desire to secure the 10th consecutive Scudetto and possibly reach the end of the Champions League’,
The Bianconeri have recently returned to training and the new coach feels the squad have started the preparations with ‘enthusiasm and desire’ to start the new season.
Juventus coach Andrea Pirlo has ‘high expectations’ and stressed the Old Lady have the required ‘desire to secure the 10th consecutive Scudetto and possibly reach the end of the Champions League’,
The Bianconeri have recently returned to training and the new coach feels the squad have started the preparations with ‘enthusiasm and desire’ to start the new season.
“I’ve had good impressions, we started well with enthusiasm and desire to go again,” Pirlo told JTV. “After a few days, the lads left with the national teams but we continue to work with those who stayed here.
“The lads are eager to do well, they have found a new methodology with some new exercises they have never done and therefore this already brings enthusiasm.
“The path will be long, also because we don’t have a lot of time to work with many players who are away.
“But we are working well with those we have available. I hope I will have transmitted some concepts we are working on already for the first day and hope to find something in the middle of the pitch.”
Pirlo wants success in the Champions League but stressed the need to be ‘aggressive’ enough to win possession back immediately.
“The aggression and the desire to win the ball back after losing it, that’s something we are working on a lot,” he continued.
“Looking at the last Champions League, the teams that went all the way were the ones who were trying to recover the ball in the shortest possible time.
“That must be a characteristic that distinguish us.”
The Allianz Stadium is a familiar place for Pirlo, who said it was ‘a great help’ to know the people at the club already.
“I immediately found myself at ease. I knew all the people who work here. It was certainly of great help.
“We are looking forward to it. We will give all of ourselves, we will certainly have a great desire to show the fans that Juventus wants to win the tenth consecutive Scudetto and possibly reach the end of the Champions League.
“There’s a great desire and high expectations, but we are here, and we want to do our best.”