Asamoah - We Have Left The Coppa Behind
Versatile Juventus midfielder Kwadwo Asamoah
says he and his teammates have to forget this past week’s Coppa Italia success,
in order to turn their full attention towards winning the Scudetto against
Crotone on Sunday afternoon.
Massimiliano Allegri’s Bianconeri side became
the first team to claim the Coppa Italia trophy for a third successive year,
when they defeated Simone Inzaghi’s Lazio 2-0 at Stadio Olimpico on
Wednesday evening.
Goals from Dani Alves and Leonardo Bonucci
meant that Juventus moved one step closer to a possible treble-winning
campaign, while the victory in itself meant the defending champions took home
their 12th piece of Coppa Italia silverware.
Asamoah, who featured in three of Juventus’
five Coppa Italia fixtures, admits that The Old Lady are on the right path to
achieving their objectives for the season.
"It’s always a good feeling to win a trophy
and everyone is so excited because it is not easy," he tells Calcio in Heels. "We
started from the beginning and that was one of our aims for this season – to
win trophies.
"We were able to achieve one now, so everyone
is happy, and there are still two more [trophies] to go."
Juventus’ next port of call will be to ensure
a victory over a revitalized Crotone, with three points needed to win their
sixth successive Scudetto trophy. But with their last win having come four
games ago, "Kojo" is aware of the importance of forgetting about the midweek
success in order to fully focus on claiming another league title.
"We are so excited, but at the moment, we
have left what we won two days ago behind because we still have to be champions
in the league," added the Ghanaian.
"We are focused now, and we have an important
game in the next two days to play [against Crotone], which is very important
for us. After that, we have to claim ourselves as Scudetto champions and then
we will prepare ourselves for the UEFA Champions League."
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