Juventus manager Thiago Motta expressed his frustration after his side’s draw with Atalanta on Tuesday, admitting that while the Juventus team remains undefeated, the increasing number of draws means that the Turin side is not living up to the club’s expectations.
On Tuesday, fifth-placed Juve again found themselves in an impossible situation, this time against Atalanta, where Pierre Kalulu’s goal was canceled out by Mateo Retegui, who equalized the score at 1-1.
Motta admitted that despite Juve being undefeated this season, the number of draws means the results are not good enough for the club, with his team currently having 13 draws and only 34 points – 15 fewer than this season. same stage last season.
“It is clear that we cannot be satisfied with the result; we go out on the field to win. We played well, created some interesting chances, but we weren’t good enough to score,” Motta told reporters.
“It is true that we have drawn a lot this season and we are not happy about that. We cannot be satisfied with the draw.
“But they (players) performed well. I must commend the effort and performance.
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“Now we have an important match ahead of us against a great team, we need to recover well,” he added, referring to Saturday’s visit of seventh-placed AC Milan.
Motta did not confirm whether striker Dusan Vlahovic would be ready for the start or whether Italian media reports that French striker Randal Kolo Muani had agreed to join Juve on a six-month loan from Paris St Germain were true.
“I’m not talking about the transfer market. Dusan is recovering, he’s not 100% yet and we can’t risk losing him for longer, so we’ll see what happens in the next three days,” Motta said.
Juve goalscorer Kalulu admitted that a string of draws had started to distract from his performances.
“It’s a good evening to start with, then the conceded goal overshadows everything a bit. We always have to do something more to score points,” said the defender.
