Adnkronos Rome, May 16 (Adnkronos) – "Juventus started with big goals like winning the Scudetto but the season went as we know, as demonstrated by the change of coach. The team has worked poorly since January, like Thiago Motta's game plan". Thus former Juventus defender Leonardo Bonucci to the microphones of the Turkish broadcaster Trt Spor, speaking about the Bianconeri, focusing on the Turkish number 10.
"Yildiz has shown that he has the qualities and talent to become an important player for Juve but also for the Turkish national team. I follow him with great affection", reveals Bonucci, 502 appearances and 17 trophies with the Bianconeri.
"Inter? They have had a great journey in Europe, they have experienced players to best face the type of matches that the Champions League offers. We'll see what happens in Monaco but for Italian football it is a source of pride to take another Italian team to the final", added the former Juventus defender, with whom he played in the finals of the former Champions Cup in 2015 and 2017. "Calhanoglu in my opinion has grown a lot, he has taken the team by the hand".
The former defender also spoke about his latest team. "Unfortunately, it's complicated to win the championship this year but I have many friends at Fener and I always have them in my heart, even last year we came close but there is still a project that aims to win the Super Lig", explained the former Fenerbahçe defender, currently in second place with 78 points, 8 points away from first-place Galatasaray with 3 games to go. "I was convinced at the beginning of the year with Mourinho's arrival that we could celebrate winning the championship but it probably won't happen because Gala had a great championship. Fenerbahçe fans deserve a great team and a great coach and that's what the president is doing in these years", concludes Bonucci.