One of the scenes that remained of Juventus’ triumph against Inter was Cristiano Ronaldo’s reaction to being replaced with 15 minutes remaining. The Portuguese converted both goals of his team in the 2 to 1 against Nerazzurro, but Andrea Pirlo chose to sit him down and then gave his reasons.
“When you go out in a game like this it is normal. He knows that it is our fixed point, but also that he has to breathe to always be on top“, declared the Italian, who chose to give Cristiano rest thinking about next Saturday’s game against the Roma for Serie A.
La Vecchia Signora got an important away victory against Nerazzurro, for the first leg of the Italian Cup semi-finals, and the coach recognized the good work of his team: “We had the right attitude and a great reaction force. We went down, but we had a great reaction force. I congratulate the boys“.
In addition, he stressed the change in attitude of the squad with respect to the last game at San Siro, where they fell 2-0: “There was an empty passage, it wasn’t us. It served as a lesson, we regrouped and a series of victories came. But this is only the first round, we look forward to next week ”.
“We know that if we are focused and we have this type of attitude it becomes difficult for everyone. We know our strength, we must always put on the field, even if it is not easy to play every three days. If we continue like this we can do well,” he added.
The second leg of these semifinals will be played next Tuesday, February 9 in Turin. In the other key, Napoli will host Atalanta tomorrow for the round trip, seven days later.
