Player Talk : Trezeguet

Trez: I feel let down
Monday 25 February, 2008

David Trezeguet is the latest Juventus voice to blast the peninsula’s officials and claims to be disappointed by referee designator Pierluigi Collina.

The French hitman was absent in Reggio Calabria due to a ‘flu’ bug, but he watched the game and reacted indignantly.

“We were penalised in an incredible way,” he raged to La Stampa. “Reggina’s penalty may have been fair, but the rest was just wrong.

“They have been telling us that the referees are young, and that they need experience and we must help them. We are doing that, but now they have gone past what can be attributed to inexperience.

“I expected more from Collina. The players and the clubs can’t wait for the refs to mature.

“The officials want to be protagonists and forget that people come to the stadium to see us, not them.

"Is it to do with Calciopoli? It could be, we should take that into account but you can’t always be looking back. We don’t have to apologise to anyone. This is the strongest Juve side of the last 25 years.”

Juve must now bounce back for the midweek derby against Torino and the visit of Fiorentina at the weekend. Trez is still a doubt for Tuesday, but he has confidence in his teammates.

“We are having an excellent campaign,” he said. “I like the way we are playing, but there is a lot to improve upon. I won’t settle for second, even if Inter are too strong.

“The derby is the city’s game and it means so much to the fans. But for us players Fiorentina is the big one.”

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