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Juventus coach Sarri: Players helping me to genuinely enjoy myself

Juventus coach Maurizio Sarri admits he's beginning to enjoy his job.

Sarri will lead Juve against Lazio in the Supercoppa on Sunday in Riyadh.

“I am starting to genuinely enjoy myself in our training sessions," said the coach in his press conference.

“If I do that, it's because the team is playing or at least trying to play the football that I proposed. If I am enjoying myself, it suggests we have some weaknesses, but I can fix them. The objective must always be utopia, as if we're never completely happy, we will always have something to improve.

“Don't forget, we've only lost one game. Over the last two matches, we've changed system and it does take a lot out of you, so inevitably we got stretched out towards the end."

Sarri continued: “We are making mistakes, but strangely tend to concede more when we are defending deep than with a high press. It's difficult to work out why that is, so we need to work on it.

Wojciech Szczesny is available, Mattia De Sciglio is in good shape, Aaron Ramsey and Douglas Costa are working their way back to full fitness. We're only missing Giorgio Chiellini and Sami Khedira, who both had knee surgery."

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