Europa League: Spalletti "satisfied, AZ are a strong team"

I'm very satisfied, we played a serious match against a very strong team: it was a great victory with great football: said the Juventus coach, Luciano Spalletti, after the 2-1 success on the AZ Alkmaar pitch. "But you always put too many 'ifs' when you win, you laughed in our faces when we beat Nec, but now they have seven points - he adds to Sky's microphones - and we must always give the right value to the others".

What didn't convince the Juventus coach was the ending: "When you get down for a moment, in the Champions League like the Europa League, the others start to do things with greater conviction and you score goals - says Spalletti - and if it had lasted another five minutes I don't know if we would have brought it home: the way we conducted this match, we should have scored the third".

Waiting for goals in the championship, Randal Kolo Muani continues to score in Europe: "Criticism is part of the game, I am a striker and I have to score and therefore I am happy for this goal and these three points - says the Frenchman - and I am also proud of what I have done: now we must continue like this in the championship too".

Juve, in fact, is clearly behind: "The victory against Napoli strengthened us because we were almost on the verge of a crisis, it did us good - adds the former Tottenham player - and the coach always supports us: the criticism is constructive and he does it for our good, to make us give our best". Gatti played with the captain's armband, but is already thinking about Sunday: "It was an excellent victory, but now we need to project ourselves to the next match because it is too important and because it is the last one of the break - explains the defender - and because we cannot be in such a position in the championship: we are too far from the top, we are looking for the continuity that we have lacked until today".