Would you say that you weren’t as aggressive and unscrupulous as you could have been?
“It was a very balanced match, very tactical, which was marked by a single episode. It could have been for, or against us. Alas it was against us. I think it arrived at a point in which we were fresher, physically, and I thought we would be able to take advantage of that. But Roma won, congratulations to them”.
Someone could say that Juventus was presumptuous with the five second stringers you started…
“We can be everything but presumptuous. I would say the contrary: we’re humble. In the Coppa Italia I have always played those who habitually play less in the other competitions, achieving the final in my first year and the semifinal in the second. You speak of presumption? Of what, exactly? I follow this management philosophy in order to make everyone important to our cause, to make my men understand that I have great trust in them even in games like these. Sincerely, I find this accusation of presumption gratuitous: go do some research!”.
Was Roma more aggressive or were you more timid?
“Sincerely, I saw a very balanced match… I dunno, maybe I saw another game. I don’t remember great saves that Storari was forced to make or of an absolute domination by Roma. I say that it was a balanced game decided by one episode that could have been in our favour when Giovinco was fouled [missed expulsion of Benatia] or when Isla crossed the ball [linesman adjudged it out]. Instead, the episode went in Roma’s favour, congratulations to them”.