Sarri defends ‘strong’ De Ligt after Inter win
The Dutch international has been receiving criticism following his poor start at the Turin-based club and on Sunday, it was his hand ball which led to Inter’s equalizer from Lautaro Martinez in the 18th minute after Juve took the lead following Paulo Dybala’s wonder strike in the fourth minute.
Sarri, while talking to the media after the match, defended De Ligt’s performance by calling him a ‘strong’ boy and also revealed that he was not expected to play in the big games so early in his career at a new club.
"Matthijs is a strong guy,” he said. “He is adapting to our way of defending. It is normal that he has some games with a few more difficulties. He is experiencing a new kind of football. To be honest, if Chiellini was fit, he wouldn’t have started these games so early in his career here.”
The 20-year-old became the most expensive defender in the history of Italian football when he joined the Old Lady for a reported fee of €75 million from Dutch club Ajax.
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