Genoa manager Alberto Gilardino insists his team deserved the point after their 1-1 draw against Juventus last night.
Despite Juve’s excellent form this season and being the favourite to win at the Marassi, Genoa was determined to secure a point from the game. They managed to score an equaliser early in the second half after falling behind before the break.
Although Juve feel they deserve to have won the match, Genoa showed intelligent form and proved to be a determined opponent.
While Juve might be disappointed not to have gotten the win, especially as the favourites want all three to be the best in the league again, Gilardino has no doubt that his team deserved this point and earned it with a lot of work. .
He said, as quoted by Football Italia:
“I’ve asked the guys this over the last few days, because of their willingness to offer things and play. Tonight the goal was to paint wide, then in the second half I had to put some weight up front, Ekuban painted. for the team, and we deserved this draw and this functionality against a wonderful team.
Juve FC says
Genoa did very well in this match and deserved the trouble if we had been fair, but we could have won this game if we had controlled scoring safely after scoring in the first game.
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