Inter-Juve, Allegri: “Left off the pitch so as not to get disqualified”

“The team is growing: we put forward good pressure by conceding little or nothing to Inter but we also made mistakes in choosing a pass – commented Juve coach Max Allegri at the end of Inter-Juve -. field because I was getting nervous, I wanted to avoid a yellow card since I’m warned”.

Match analysis

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“Tonight we managed to win a difficult, physical match. The team played well, under pressure up front, we conceded little or nothing, but then we made a lot of mistakes, already in the first half we missed 3-4 easy solutions and when you play these matches and you have these chances, you mustn’t miss them. We need to improve our accuracy, in the second half we had four sensational chances, but we made a mistake in choosing the last pass, we absolutely need to improve on this. Then there were also some good technical plays, the team remained serene and calm, the lads gave me a nice break”.

Growing team. And Kostic…

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“The midfield? There’s a general growth in the team. Tonight we defended well, conceding little or nothing. Unfortunately we didn’t have Pogba at all, Paredes did well at the start then later I used him less. Fagioli has technique and quality “Locatelli is very good in that role especially in closings. But the team has heart and passion, that’s what makes the difference. Kostic is an important player, he also made the right choices, apart from the last two that Vlahovic wanted to score. He has improved in defending and in choosing his tempo: now when he goes deep, now he doesn’t always cross, but when the time is right. I think Vlahovic played his best game since he’s been at Juventus.”

Rabiot’s alleged hand touch

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“Don’t make me angry. Why didn’t anything happen on the episode with Salernitana? Don’t make me angry. The referee’s decisions must be accepted. In the first leg against Inter, they disallowed a goal for a suspected hand ball. We’re talking about football, not the referee. When the Var was introduced, I said after an Atalanta-Juve match: ‘if it becomes objective it’s functional, if it’s subjective it’s a problem’. With Salernitana it’s objective. Tonight on Rabiot’s goal, I don’t know … but it’s an almost subjective case, we had a goal disallowed against Salernitana. My exit from the pitch? I went 5′ early because I was getting nervous and wanted to avoid being sent off or booked again. The team was defending well, not he needed me…”.

On refereeing episodes

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“I never comment on refereeing episodes, it’s useless for you to ask me questions on this topic here. It annoys me to explain things too many times, it means that you don’t understand. There are objective things. Against Salernitana it was an objective thing, I made a mistake because I got kicked out. I can’t stay here to go over all the episodes, last year they didn’t give us a penalty with Inter on the same turf. So we’re not 1-1 but 2-1. We we are the only ones who never grumble about the referees and in fact I left to avoid making a mess. The VAR is objective, then you can talk about subjective things as and as much as you like. Ask me why I made a mistake in the formation or why someone is playing and not someone else. The VAR only makes mistakes when it’s objective, like he did in La Spezia or like he did against us, or in England where they kicked him out. I’ve never talked about the referees, so we help them.”

THE PENALTY

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“After what happened we set ourselves some mini goals. First of all, to score points to save us, then now to score as many points as possible to climb the standings. Like it or not, I keep saying that we scored 56 points on the field, let’s say we let’s be satisfied with those. At the end of the season we have to score the points we need to get into the Champions League, the club takes care of off-field. We have 6 points over Inter, 8 over Milan, 4 over Lazio and I think 9 over Roma. Now let’s move forward and if the external situations change we’ll see what happens. Let’s see where we’ll be at the end of the year, the boys did good.”