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The Argentine is midway through his first season in Serie A with the Bianconeri and currently has 11 League goals to his name for the runaway table-toppers.
Carlos Tevez has reflected on his upbringing, his desire to return to Boca Juniors and on life at Juventus under Antonio Conte.
The Argentine is midway through his first season in Serie A with the Bianconeri and currently has 11 League goals to his name for the runaway table-toppers.
For the former Manchester United and City man, his latest Coach has had an immediate impact on him.
“He is a phenomenon, unique, I have never seen a Coach like him. He is also a bit ‘loco’,” Tevez has told today’s edition of the Gazzetta dello Sport about Antonio Conte.
“This is the real strength of Juve, you cannot relax for a minute, even when you are in the dressing room, he asks you to push a thousand miles at a time.”
Whilst the club are also still in the Coppa Italia and anticipating entry into the Europa League from next month, the 29-year-old doesn’t see any reason for the Bianconeri to compromise.
“I am thinking about both competitions [League and Europa League]. I want them,” Tevez has stated in an interview with the Gazzetta dello Sport.
“I have won championships in Argentina, Brazil and England – Italy would be the fourth country. I am dreaming of writing a page in the history of this great club.
“The Europa League is the only international competition that I am missing at club level. The Coppa Italia is also there in the background.
“The championship, though, is not over, the return round of fixtures has some tough away games – Napoli, Roma, Lazio, Milan and Udinese, for example. There is still some work.”
Tevez’s goal celebrations this term have seen him lift his shirt with messages to commemorate where he was brought up, in the Buenos Aires neighbourhood of Ejercito de Los Andes, nicknamed ‘Fuerte Apache’.
“There, you have become an adult, you cannot stay as a baby. Life is hard, you go to bed with the sound of shots rising from the streets, you see friends die, and eating every day is not for granted.
“From Fuerte Apache, in short, if you do not come out right then you would not emerge as a real man. But at least in my day there was a kind of code.
“Today, I want to say that the drugs have made things worse, removed any form of respect in general. Drugs are everywhere, unfortunately within reach of anyone.
“At Fuerte Apache, I learned never to give up.”
Tevez began his professional career with Boca Juniors and admits he holds the desire to one day return.
“I’ll be back, that’s for sure, but for now my head is here at Juventus. I’m really happy in Turin, and my next son will be born here, Lito junior.
“I want to thank everyone for the love that I felt during the hospitalisation of my wife at the end of the year. She is now with me, and I am happy.
“Life in Serie A? I am impressed by the growth of Callejon. Serie A remains the toughest League in the world.
“It is the university of football, tactics here are at the highest level and we have to suffer on every field. Only Juve every now and again are rampant.
“Italy is completing me. If you can score here, you can everywhere.”