Massimiliano AllegriJuventus coach, spoke to Amazon Prime after the elimination in the Champions League against Villarreal:
“I would play it as the boys did, who did well for 75 minutes. Only an episode like what happened could unlock it. We have to accept this defeat, but I have nothing to blame for the boys. I congratulate Emery. , he played a fair game. The controversies are useless. Football is also this, sometimes the episodes go in favor, others go against.
FEW GAME CHANGES – “There were 9 of them behind the line of the ball, they didn’t even try to counterattack. We were naive, then we lost our lucidity, we were unable to recover it and we conceded two more goals ”.
And then a Sky: “Rugani he made an extraordinary match, but the episode determines. In the second half we had few chances, but we were holding the ball. We could have managed the goal conceded better, now we need to get our heads back on the championship. Bitterness? Normal, but we have to see the reality of things, we are doing a good job ”.
So in the press room:
HOW IT STARTS OUT – “We start again. We have to switch immediately, we have the championship. For 75 minutes the team played a good game, there were good chances. In the most complicated second half, brilliance was lost. Only the episode changed the game. The fans. they can applaud and whistle, the boys have nothing to applaud, technically one of the best games. ”
THE GAP WITH THE TOP – “I have always said that in any case it is one thing to have ambition, another is to be realistic about where to arrive. The eighth was balanced, the coach won in Europe, they won the Europa League. And they tried to bring the game at the bottom, trying to bring the episode from their “:
WITHOUT TITLES? – “Before the funeral, wait. We are fighting for fourth place, it is an objective to be achieved, we still have to fight in the Champions League. We are in the running in the Italian Cup and we are doing a good job. We all have the ambition to win, but it’s not that we have to win by force because we are Juventus. We work to do it, but it’s not that we have to win by force. It’s different. ”
FUTURE PLANS – “The evaluations on the team? We are in the current season with goals to be achieved. We are disappointed and embittered, it is normal that at the end of the year we will make evaluations on where to improve the team. I think we do it every year. Then we have to be realistic. In Europe there are 10 teams that are of a higher level than Juventus. It’s not a shame, it’s a fact. That we could go through tonight, I agree. But it wasn’t easy. We need to improve where we should. Talking is useless, let’s be quiet, let’s think about the championship and the Italian Cup and see if we can bring home a title “.
RESPONSIBILITY’ – “What do I have to answer? I know that from tomorrow there would be talk of failure, but it is intellectual dishonesty. I know the value of the team, we have been playing the same for two months. We are in the running to finish fourth, in the Italian Cup. To the boys. I am not reproaching anything, they are doing excellent things. Juve played one of the best games in Europe, in the 75th minute the balance was broken against an important team. Above all, I value what I have in my hand. ”
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