Michel Platini does not talk about the title in Serie A. The former Juventus footballer, interviewed by today's edition of "Gazzetta dello Sport", does not delve into the possible objectives of Thiago Motta's whites: "Calm down, even a child always wants to win, but rushing is not good in pro football.
I know that 4 years without a title is too much for Juventus, but this happened after me too. Juventus realized that it cannot compete with Real, City, PSG. They don't have the financial means of the Arabs and other club owners, so they have to create a big collective today. Sports directors are just as important as coaches.
Vlahovic? The fate of centre-forwards is one, as it was with Trezeguet. If you score, you are a phenomenon, if you don't score, they criticize you".
Analyzing the other teams in the Italian championship, Platini stopped at a coach he likes a lot: "Conte, excellent coach. I know Napoli started badly, but let them work".
A thought for Paulo Fonseca, who sat on Milan's bench this summer: "He was at Lille, he played good, modern, attacking football, like all the coaches today."
Inter, on the other hand, is always the favorite in Italy, with coach Simone Inzaghi. The French football legend added: "If you win, you are the strongest. "Inter is a good team, but Juventus' friends tell me they have a lot of debt."
Platini spoke about Kenan Yildiz: "Number 10? If they gave it to him and he loved it, it means he has personality. I wish him and Juventus all the best. To become a 10 like me, one of those who invent on the field of play. He is inspired by Bellingham, by Messi, by Zidane, I can't say about myself, because he hasn't seen me."
For the new Juventus: "Thiago Motta is a good connoisseur of football. Wherever he has gone he has done well. It is right to focus on him. He likes attacking and spectacular football, he is the right coach to manage this transition of Juventus and start a new winning cycle".
Finally, for the young midfielder Thuram: "At Nice he was elegant, with an excellent physique, good technique and values that he inherited from his father Lilian. Rabies? A beautiful, physical and technical player, but his cycle at Juventus was over. I don't know what to say about Pogba, he was a beautiful image, everyone loved him. Seeing his situation from afar is a great sin and pain".