Victory against Napoli in the recovery of the third day of the Serie A and Juventus rises to 59 points, behind Milan second in the standings.
At the end of the match, Andrea Pirlo is satisfied with his team's performance and Paulo Dybala's return (with goal) but he can't help but think about the points lost on other occasions that have brought the Bianconeri to -11 from Inter: "I'm not angry but we left too many points on the road - Pirlo commented on SkySport - We weren't so incisive in affordable matches. When you have this spirit and you sacrifice yourself in 11 in the end you bring home the result. For today's match, we had tried with two wide wings and Danilo who was going to be the added midfielder to free up more space for Chiesa. I'm just sorry we didn't take advantage of the superiority. How was my pre-game, with the rumors about the future? I'm used to it, the role of the coach is this, and it doesn't find me unprepared. It is certain that with doubts until the end and players positive (to Covid) it is not easy but we have continued like this from the beginning of the season and it will still be like this. I embarked on this path in August trying to inculcate a certain type of game, then for so many vicissitudes, we have never had the same players. We also played every three days until recently. We arrived at the games a little flat and underestimating the teams that were below us in the standings. But we can't afford to give up for a moment, the championship is treacherous and the matches are getting more and more difficult."
The return of Dybala
"Dybala? In my plans, he was a starter since the beginning of the season, when you have a player like that you try to make him play as much as possible. But when you miss such a player ... He is an added value for any team. If he stays? He has another year of his contract. It's still long and we hope to be able to keep him ".
Regret Champions (and not only)
"I made a lot of mistakes but I would do them again. The first year as a coach is not easy, you throw yourself headlong into your ideas, and then it is clear that sometimes you are wrong. But I think this was the most complicated campionato, but it was for me as for everyone else for many reasons. I will need it for the future. I was wrong as everyone does but I can draw lessons from my mistakes so as not to repeat them in the future. Finish in the top four? We have set ourselves the goal of winning this mini-championship of 10 gamess and then we prepare for the final of the Italian Cup. The biggest regret? Both the Scudetto and the Champions League. When you play for Juventus, you don't choose your goals, you have to conquer them. In the Champions League, we could have gone on but we missed the appointment and it was a bad blow. Then in Campionato we lost to Benevento and that was a defeat that took us away from the Scudetto. "
