Massimiliano Allegri raged at his Juventus players for their “superficial” attitude in a 3-3 draw with Parma. “Beautiful football doesn’t pay off, at the end of the day just kick it into the stands.”
The Old Lady was 3-1 up and looking comfortable in Turin, but deep into stoppages Mario Mandzukic tried to play the ball at his own corner flag and it fell to Gervinho for the equaliser.
“We were too soft defensively and made several errors,” the Coach told DAZN.
“There were certain moves that were superficial and lacking in the necessary concentration. We need to be more focused, we can’t keep taking things for granted.
“We lowered our guard after going 3-1 up and then again on the final ball for the equaliser. You cannot play with that attitude at the 93rd minute with the ball at the corner flag. It was conceptually the wrong thing to try to keep that in play. Just kick it out.”
Allegri said after the 3-0 Coppa Italia defeat to Atalanta midweek that it had been “in the air,” but evidently the wake-up call was not heeded.
“We were lucky to get the win against Lazio, but we were punished by Parma. We need to do a lot of work on our concentration levels.
“On the first goal, there was a cross we should’ve pushed up on, but Cancelo didn’t follow the run. On the second goal, we moved too early and left a massive gap. It’s not possible to score three goals at home and concede three, it means we’re only playing to attack without thought for defence.”
Juventus did have a completely revamped defence, with Giorgio Chiellini, Leonardo Bonucci and Andrea Barzagli out of action.
Leonardo Spinazzola got his first Serie A start in a Bianconeri jersey, while Martin Caceres was thrown straight into central defence just days after his transfer from Lazio.
“It was the first time this back four had played together and we didn’t help the centre-backs, always leaving them in one-on-one situations. They need to realise there is no shame in hoofing the ball into the stands if needs be.
“At least we gave those who complained we weren’t entertaining enough something to enjoy. Beautiful football doesn’t pay off, at the end of the day you’ve got to just kick it away from your goal.”
Napoli beat Sampdoria 3-0 today, so the gap at the top of the table is reduced to nine points.
“That is still a healthy advantage and this setback will ultimately do us good.”
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Since Allegri came to juventus, he may have been winning and winning the local league. But overall he’s not good. A good coach don’t just win . A good coach put together a great team , with team chemistry that helps the team overall to the point that injuries doesn’t stop them from winning. That’s what parma had . If you added 15 more minutes into the game Parma will beat Juventus. Playing Sami was stupid and Rushing Mandzukic back was too risky. Juventus are not organized, they play individually because they don’t have a coach that understands what it takes to be a team . That’s why Allegri is not able to win the Champions League and I don’t think that will change anytime soon , unless you fire Allegri. Juventus has too many talented players, all that is needed is a great coach, that can turn them into a team and build up their chemistry 🧪. This season how many free kicks have Juventus scored ? Because you have great free kicks takers doesn’t mean they don’t have to train more to perfect their free kicks skills. How many goals have will scored from conner kicks ? Or from counter attacks ? Overall Allegri is not improving Juventus. He must go if Juventus wanna win the champions league.