Locatelli: ‘Juventus only had one bad performance’ in Club World Cup

“I think today we gave our all, even against a very strong opponent, showed great team spirit. They managed to get a goal and we didn’t, it’s a pity, but the only game in this tournament where we really played badly was against Manchester City,” Locatelli told Sport Mediaset.

“We are Juventus and therefore had hoped to progress in the competition, but this is the way it went. Juve must never be happy if we go out, but we gave our all and had the right attitude, whereas against Manchester City we were too sluggish and allowed them to control the game.”

This defeat means that Juventus are out of the Club World Cup at the Round of 16 stage, the same as Inter, who were eliminated 2-0 by Brazilians Fluminense last night.

“It has been a long and intense campaign, we are tired, now we need to recharge the batteries and try to restart with more energy.”

While Juventus had doubts at the end of the Serie A campaign on who would be their coach going forward, Igor Tudor signed the new contract before the Club World Cup kicked off.

“It is not the time to think about next season, we just need to go spend some time with our families and recharge those batteries,” concluded Locatelli.