Andrea Pirlo, coach of the Italian soccer club Juventus, said his team lost a match "to a team that knows how to play" such as Barcelona, and that his team is still "under construction".
On Wednesday, Juventus lost 2-0 to Barcelona in the second round of the European Champions League.
"It was a difficult match, against a team that knows how to play, and advanced early in the result ... We are a team under construction. The loss will help us develop," Pirlo said in statements published by Europe Press.
Pirlo did not want to make excuses.
But he hopes his team will be completed quickly.
"We hope that there will be more players soon," he said, especially Cristiano Ronaldo, who missed the match due to his continued infection with the Coronavirus.
Pirlo explained that his team made mistakes, and said, "We were not well positioned on the field, sometimes Kolosovsky and Dybala were very close, and we should be faster in transferring the ball .. We have young players, and we need more matches, we made the wrong decision to face Barcelona." face to face".