Juventus coach Andrea Pirlo stated that he had determined to go away Weston McKennie, Paulo Dybala and Arthur Melo out of the squad to face Torino in Serie A on Saturday after they breached COVID-19 protocols.
The three gamers had been fined by the membership after a celebration hosted by USA midfielder McKennie on Wednesday night time within the hills above Turin.
Dybala and Arthur had been amongst 10 friends on the banquet, which broke COVID-19 protocols with a nationwide curfew in place in Italy from 10pm to 5am, and Pirlo has taken additional motion by omitting the trio for Saturday’s Turin derby.
“The three players involved are not called up for tomorrow’s game and will return to work over time, we’ll see when,” Pirlo advised a information convention on Friday.
“I made the decision and the club did the rest. For the selection part, I decided. It was not the right time to do it (have a party), we are examples, and it is right that we behave like this.”
Looking to win a tenth successive Scudetto this season, Juve sit 10 factors behind leaders Inter Milan in third within the Serie A standings.
Reports in Italian newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport this week stated Pirlo, in his first season as a coach, might face the sack if the membership endure additional poor leads to their subsequent two matches. But the rookie supervisor stays defiant.
“The approach is to win all the games, and then you see what happens both in front and behind,” he added. “The goal is to win the one tomorrow and then think about the next one, our goal is to win all the games.”We are nonetheless on this season, there may be a lot to play for.”
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