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Bonucci: ‘We started to work less, Ronaldo was thinking about it’

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TURIN. “Me at the City? I had this dream of being coached by Pep Guardiola. The moment we got closest was in 2016. I was very close. We practically did everything then but Juventus decided not to sell me ». So Leonardo Bonucci, Juventus defender, during an interview with the English website The Athletic. «Last year I spoke to Pep again – he said -. He wanted me but I told him: “Juventus is my home. I am happy here. I feel at home here ”. I wanted to make up for the lost ground by going to Milan for a season. Going back to being a symbol of Juventus is the most exciting thing I could do ».

Bonucci also spoke about the relationship with Cristiano Ronaldo. «The presence of Cristiano has had a great influence on us. Only training with him gave us something more – he explained – but unconsciously the players began to think that his presence alone was enough to win games ». «We started to lack a bit in the daily work, in the humility, in the sacrifice, in the desire to be there day after day for your teammate. I think it showed. Maybe it was taken for granted that if we gave the ball to him he would make us win the game ».

Finally a word on Antonio Conte: «He was a really important coach for me and he changed my career with the mentality he gave me and the football knowledge he passed on to me. Since then I have tried to take something from every coach I have worked with ».

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