Ivan Juric’s statements at the end of Torino-Cremonese, a match that ends 2-2 at the “Grande Torino”
The sweet taste of the advantage leaves so much bitterness in Turin’s mouth that it allows itself to be reassembled by the Cremonese, snatching a single point in full view of its fans. Coach Ivan Juric comments on his team’s performance: “The result? They changed form and started throwing long balls and we don’t have the physicality to win tackles. All very simple. We have lost players who in my opinion win these situations easily. Instead the ball stayed there and in two of these situations they made shots from outside, penalties, we conceded some shots. Reading for me is simple. The boys played a great match. For long stretches well, they could score more goals. They conceded very little. Sometimes it goes like this and I accept it. I am very satisfied with the performance“.
Juric: “These guys are giving me unimaginable satisfaction”
On his way of making teams play: “Gasperini? He has contaminated us. I collaborated on it first as a player, then I worked on it as a second. After Palladino was my player at Crotone, we share this way of seeing matches, playing with numerical superiority, of training, but also of managing the group. There are so many similarities. There are also Bocchetti and Modesto. Now there are those who have this idea of football“.
The grenade coach: “It’s not easy to lose so many players and rebuild”
“I am very satisfied with the performance. These guys are giving me unimaginable satisfaction. It’s not easy to lose so many players and rebuild. It’s not easy to lose Belotti, Praet, Brekalo, Pobega, Mandragora, Lukic, Bremer as starters and then all the reserves like Ansaldi. Even rebuilding and restarting with guys like Linetty who didn’t play much last year. and they give us a big hand and work like crazy. Good morning itself. It’s not that obvious. Today there were 4 that were fundamental: Lazaro, Pellegri, Ricci and Vlasic. Seeing how the boys behave, they play, they fight to seek victory, I’m very satisfied. Then sometimes you win and you lose. There’s great satisfaction inside of me seeing how kids respond to things. Then if a long ball arrives and you lose the second ball because you see the different physical structure of the Cremonese players, it’s fine. You didn’t miss it before. These are aspects that you pay for in certain moments of the race“.
Juric on Ilic
“Ilic? A penalty won with talent, he has to get to know his teammates, I’ll only grow, he has to get to know his teammates. For being the first game from the start, I’m satisfied”.
“La Cremonese is like us”
Taurus weighs so many points with the small ones: “Cremonese is not a small team, for us these are equal matches. For me, the two roses are not so different, there is not this difference between us and the Cremonese ”, she underlined. So why does Cremonese have 8 points? “That’s why I say my boys they are extraordinary”.
On missed goals
“We created a lot, we dominated, we conceded two shots and two goals. On the long throw, we used to hit those balls, but now we don’t. This is why I say that there are positive, excellent things, but there are also structural, physical limits. We missed some goals, yes, but that concerns the quality of the shot, the quality of the cross”.
On the derby: “We want to hear the fans close”
Then on the derby scheduled for February 28: “We want to prepare it to the maximum, we have 8 days, I would like to see the people close to us, these guys deserve more than you think, they are going further and we want to prepare it well, play a great game. Of course, if we also had a squad with Pellegri, Vlasic, Lazaro, Ricci, we would also have quality in the substitutions. If Vlasic recovers? I don’t know, he had that annoyance and I think this could prevent him from playing for a while, these are things that a coach struggles to accept because he did a good workout and then felt this annoyance. Let’s hope that’s not the case.”
