Juventus manager Thiago Motta has revealed the reason behind Timothy Weah starting ahead of Kenan Yildiz in Sunday’s 4-4 draw at Inter Milan in Serie A.
The game at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza was a thrilling one. With the home team taking the lead through a penalty kick by Piotr Zielinski in the 15th minute. But the ‘Zebras’ came from behind through goals by Dusan Vlahovic in the 20th minute and Weah in the 26th minute. But the team then conceded two goals in quick succession to Henrikh Mkhitaryan in the 35th minute. And Zielinski scoring another penalty in the 37th minute. UFABET The home team led 3-2 at the end of the first half.
In the second half, the “Big Snake” army escaped to 4-2 again from Denzel Dumfries in the 53rd minute. But Yildiz, who came on to replace Weah in the 62nd minute, scored 2 goals alone in the 71st and 82nd minutes. Giving the team an excellent point to take home.
Speaking to Football Italia about the decision to start Weah ahead of Yildiz. Motta said: “I decided to play Weah because he can help us in the transition. Kenan can help us in the second half as a winger or as an attacking midfielder or as a striker.
Regarding the team’s form in this game, Juventus manager said:
“There were a lot of opinions and we didn’t agree with all of them. We competed against the favorites and we played well.”
“This is a game we have to study, we have to analyse these highs and lows to understand. That we have to improve and maintain our level of play for 95 minutes.”
“We can improve in every aspect. Today we had good and bad moments. But we are talking about one of the favourites (Inter). We know we have young players, but we believe we can do better than today. The absence of some players can affect us, but it is no excuse.”