De Ligt: ‘I chose Juve for Sarri’s football, unfortunately there is only one year left. In Italy the pace is slow … ‘| First page

Matthijs De Ligt, new Bayern Munich player, gave an interview to ESPN in which he explained why he chose the Juventus in the summer of 2019: “I chose to go to Juve with the idea of ​​playing a more offensive football because the coach was Sarri: he has a great reputation for what he did with Napoli and Chelsea and I thought I had a more Ajax-like style. Unfortunately, after a year he went away“.

POSITION IN THE FIELD – “I think I feel better on the center-right, I feel more comfortable. At the beginning at Juve it was difficult to play on the left, then in the middle of the season Bonucci and I reversed. We were a good couple, we won the Scudetto. Then in the 2nd and 3rd years I went back to playing often on the left. It’s not that I didn’t want to play with it, mind you, but i knew i was safer playing right. It was still important to my development“.

DIFFERENCES WITH AJAX – “At Ajax I pressed very hard, I took risks. At Juve it was different. I played more backward, a different way of defending. The pace in general in Italy is slower, so you can stay behind. And given how much Juve has won in Italy, I think it’s the right way. ”