Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Ranieri Not Happy Despite Victory

Claudio Ranieri did not have many reasons to smile despite seeing his team Juventus qualify to the quarter finals of the Coppa Italia with a 5-3 win over Empoli.

"We started well, but suddenly with [Giorgio] Chiellini's injury we turned off the light, and they took advantage of that," he said after the game. "If it goes well, he'll be out for only a month."

On the defensive department, which certainly did not perform very well today, he said: "We made many mistakes in defence, and I will show the videos of the goals to my players. But we also missed a lot of chances up front."

Inevitably, he also was asked about Tiago, who seeems ever closer to leaving the club soon after being substituted at half time for the second consecutive time.

"I didn't like the way he played, I expected more from him. Often he hid and instead of playing the ball forward he played it backwards," Ranieri concluded.

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