Bianconeri's spirit and organisation but feels they
have not set the world alight in their Champions
Barcelona midfielder Sergio Busquets says that
Juventus have reached the Champions League final
through sound organisation rather than good
football.
The Bianconeri were unfancied in Europe at the
start of the season and were struggling in the
group stage before making it to the round of 16.
They have since overcome Borussia Dortmund,
Monaco and Real Madrid, but Busquets remains
less than impressed with their gameplan.
"Juventus have not reached the final by playing
well or scoring a lot," he told La Gazzetta dello
Sport .
"But they deserve to be here, they're a compact
team and very difficult to beat. Until December,
they were in trouble in the group. Then over time
they showed they were prepared to go all the way.
"It's always like that with Italian teams, they're
competitive, they know what they want and they
know how to get it.
"In a final, it's winning that counts, it's not the
style of play that people remember. We know how
difficult it is and it would be nice to win, which is
what counts."
Busquets went on to hail coach Luis Enrique's
effect on the team since taking over from Tata
Martino last summer.
"Under Luis Enrique we’ve worked a lot, and we’ve
improved defensively. The addition of Luis Suarez
has helped us a lot, and with Ivan Rakitic and
Andres Iniesta we move well and keep it tight.
"Then we have a good defence and two great
goalkeepers. In general, compared to a year ago
the difference is physical, we’re much better in that
respect and you can see it.
"The impact of Luis Enrique has been very
positive. He has very clear ideas about football and
we’ve absorbed them. We’ve had more variation
and it’s helped us so much with Lionel Messi
being on the wing.
"He’s even more devastating when he drifts into
the centre, pulls people out of position and makes
combinations. Then Suarez is there as a point of
reference, which is good for us."
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