Matthijs de Ligt is the dream future captain of Juventus, so it was known Tuttosport recently to be revealed. The central defender would find it a great honor to be awarded the captaincy, but he would rather not get ahead of things. De Ligt believes that trainer Andrea Pirlo can best decide on this, especially because there are the necessary big names in the selection of Juventus.
“For me it is a great honor to play for Juventus and it will be an even greater honor to be captain. A dream”, De Ligt said in an interview with Sky. “It is a great compliment, but still a little too early and not important at the moment. We currently have four captains (Giorgio Chiellini, Leonardo Bonucci, Gianluigi Buffon and Alex Sandro, rd.) In the team who have a lot of experience. and have been a part of this club for years. The most important thing for me is to play well and help the team. The coach then decides who will be the captain, but that is not my main goal at the moment “, emphasizes the the Dutch-international.
In the interview with the Italian channel, De Ligt also looks back on his recent goal against Parma, the first time this season that the defender managed to find the net. He wants to become even more important to Juventus in that regard. “Scoring is also one of my qualities and I am not happy that I have only scored one goal this season. I definitely want to improve myself.” De Ligt urges his teammates to make better use of the standard situations. “The player who takes the corner, the player who has to block the opponent and the player who has to head: we all have to improve that and it can be an important weapon in the important duels that are coming”, the stopper tells the rest of Juventus. players.
For Juventus, the remainder of the season is not dominated by the Serie A title fight. A strange sensation after nine championships in a row. La Vecchia Signora has even dropped to fourth place, putting Champions League football at risk. “We were very disappointed”, De Ligt refers to last week’s 1-1 draw against Fiorentina. “We now have to do even more to win our games. We just need a different mentality, also to better defend as a team. Of course we have been thinking about the national title for a long time. We have a very strong team that wants first place. should have fought, but our chances have now become minimal. Our goal now is to finish second “, De Ligt concludes on a positive note.
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