Football: Juve look to down ‘ruthless’ Roma
Juve’s comprehensive victory over the Scottish champions gave them a huge boost ahead of the second leg in Turin.
MILAN:
Juventus defender Martin Caceres says the Italian champions must forget their Champions League success over Celtic and concentrate on dealing with a potentially ‘ruthless’ Roma today.
Juve’s comprehensive 3-0 victory over the Scottish champions in Glasgow midweek gave them a huge boost ahead of the second leg in Turin in three weeks’ time.
But Caceres insists the Scudetto remains their priority, and resumes by defending their five-point lead over Napoli against a Roma side which, he believes, could turn recent off-field events to their advantage.
“Roma are a great team,” said Caceres. “They’ve recently changed their manager and this usually produces greater desire and ruthlessness. But we’ll be going there for the win.”
He added: “Our first objective is clearly to defend our title, but we’ll have one eye on the Champions League.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 16th, 2013.
Juventus defender Martin Caceres says the Italian champions must forget their Champions League success over Celtic and concentrate on dealing with a potentially ‘ruthless’ Roma today.
Juve’s comprehensive 3-0 victory over the Scottish champions in Glasgow midweek gave them a huge boost ahead of the second leg in Turin in three weeks’ time.
But Caceres insists the Scudetto remains their priority, and resumes by defending their five-point lead over Napoli against a Roma side which, he believes, could turn recent off-field events to their advantage.
“Roma are a great team,” said Caceres. “They’ve recently changed their manager and this usually produces greater desire and ruthlessness. But we’ll be going there for the win.”
He added: “Our first objective is clearly to defend our title, but we’ll have one eye on the Champions League.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 16th, 2013.