Massimiliano Allegri (Juventus Turin coach, winner of Rijeka in a 1-0 friendly): “More than talking about a new championship (Juventus are 3rd, 10 points behind Napoli), we need to start again in the best possible way. It’s something very important. We have to resume the course of our season. We will have to be mentally ready and go back to Championship mode. From January 4th to June 5th there will be no break. The goal is to play 36 games, with the final of the Europa League and the Italian Cup.
There is a desire in all the players to work hard, with the idea of always making themselves available to the team. We know we started badly, struggled and were knocked out in the Champions League, but from now on we have to see everything as an opportunity to move up the table. We aim for at least a fourth place (in Serie A). The journey is still long. »
