With an impressive goal against Turin's Juventus, contributing to a 2-0 victory against the Empoli team, Andrea Pirlo focused on Tuesday's crucial UEFA Champions League match against Piraeus' Olympiacos players. Recently, the team represented by the Italian significantly struggled - drawing in the Italian championship with the outsider Sassuolo team, losing to Olympiacos, and experiencing a last-minute knockout last Wednesday against Genoa. Nevertheless, Juventus managed to recover and take advantage of the opportunity to pull three points away from Roma players in the Serie A standings. "After the failure in Genoa and Napoli's victory against Roma, we had to win today. We did not expect an easy victory, but we achieved our goal with solid play," - A. Pirlo said after the match. "It's not the first time we started playing better in the second half of the match, but the opponents were well prepared and made almost no mistakes. Our main goal was to achieve the desired result, and I myself work hard to reach optimal athletic form." Asked if the Italian team will need to be more aggressive in the match against Olympiacos, A. Pirlo answered: "Yes, because these matches will be like a final. We will step onto the field knowing that only a victory will be a positive result."
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