Allegri after Juve-Sporting: “The heart matters more”

“The trident? Better today with a three-man midfield – commented the Juve coach Max Allegri after the victory against Sporting Lisbon -. But the heart is what matters most. And the boys are putting in a lot”. On the match and the goalscorer: “We did better in the second half, but I congratulate the lads. Gatti? He’s a sponge, and he still has a lot of room for improvement in the possession phase”

About the match

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“There were some mistakes tonight, we need to improve, like in the last cross where Perin made two important saves. We had to understand the danger first. In the second half we did better with the three midfielders, we found more geometry and breadth. We made a lot of mistakes in the first half, in the second half we missed the wingers and I had to adapt. Locatelli asked for a substitution, Angel ran a lot and it was normal to be in trouble with a technical team. That’s how it went tonight, with Lazio with the three had done well, maybe on Sunday I’ll bring them back by removing a defender. But balance is needed. However, I congratulate the boys, it wasn’t easy to win and not concede a goal.” Then off to the thanks “to all the people who work around the team put us in a position to do well”.

“In Sassuolo to win”

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“I don’t like compliments. It’s not an easy season, the lads have to be waited for, you have to make them grow. At times they seem good, at others it seems like they’ve never played. Playing for Juve isn’t easy. Once the game is over, we have an important goal which is aiming at Atalanta who are on four points, so as to consolidate second position. We have to give ourselves these goals and believe in them even more, the boys have to give us satisfaction and they are doing it in the best possible way. The most important thing in football it’s the moral value that every boy and every team must have, without heart and passion you won’t go anywhere and up to now the boys have done it and we mustn’t be satisfied, we must win in Sassuolo”.