As always, Nicola Legrottaglie’s comments after a match are soft spoken but very realistic and practical.

For quite some time now, the critics keep blaming the defence for Juventus’ mishaps: «For me it has nothing to do with the defence. Immediately after bthe third goal we could see certain defects. We thought we had the match in our hands and this means that we are a bit immature. It is not only the fault of the defence or if Grygera. Grygera is part of the whole team and if he made a mistake it means that we made a mistake before. Perhaps if after the 3-2 we became more compact we could have brought home the 3 points. Now we must recover these 2 points in more difficult matches. Now we are 1 point from the 4th place and now the important thing is to stand up again. On Thursday we can go through to the next round of the Europa League and then do our best in the next championship match».

Asked about his physical condition Nicola answered: «My substitution was one of precaution and I think I should be fine in a couple of days».