Pirlo: Juve can return to the top

Juventus midfielder Andrea Pirlo said the Turin side are determined to return to the pinnacle of Italian and European football.

The Turin giants’ last official Serie A title was in 2002-03, while they have not won a major European trophy since lifting the Champions League trophy in 1995-96.

But with the side two point clear in the Serie A this season, Pirlo feels they are on the right path to return to the top.

“Juventus want to reign in Italy and Europe once more and that’s a challenge I want to be part of,” Pirlo told Fifa.com.

“Right from the moment I arrived at Juve, I could immediately sense the club’s will to win, the determination to go as far as possible as quickly as possible.”

“The coach, the club and the players are all on the same wavelength. From my personal experience, I think we’ve got all the ingredients for success.”

Despite their lead in the league nearing the halfway mark of the season, Pirlo said talk of a title was premature.

“It’s still too soon to tell whether we can win the Serie A title and, to be honest, I don’t even think we should be thinking about that yet,” he said.

“Juve have finished in seventh place for the past two seasons, so we need to keep our feet on the ground, keep working hard and continue playing the way we’ve been doing since the start of the campaign.”

Juventus currently top the Serie A table with 29 points from 13 games.