First there is the Napoli, then Inter, Milan and also the Lazio, but his Juventus has the 'advantage' of not playing in European cups and therefore if “the minimum objective” is to go back to Champions in the same way the obligation is to “turn bitterness into anger.” Here it isAllegri thought in view of his debut race Juventus in the house ofUdinese.
With the black and whites that – will or strategy – the Tuscan places beyond the grid of favourites for the title: “Il Napoli is the favourite for the championship, then theInter has a strong team and there is also the Milan , Lazio who came in second last year”, said the Juventus coach in a press conference.
Between a good luck to Spalletti new ct (“it's an important assignment”) and a thought for Mancini (“It is impossible to judge from the outside, I can only say that Mancini did a great job in the national team, he won a European Championship. He must have had his reasons”), Allegri seems already focused on making his 'instant team' work as best as possible right from the start, which seems to be built to return to winning ways straight away: “One thing we will have to improve is away games, last year the difference between us and Napoli was 15 points away”, he added.
Allegri: “Not participating in the Champions League is not nice, we had won it”
But of course, if you don't play the Champions due to the FIGC rulings, don't even do it Conference (as decided by the UEFA justice bodies) can instead be an advantage: "Not participating in the Champions League is not a good thing, especially because we had won it on the pitch. We need to be good at transforming this bitterness into anger to get results and play it next year", Allegri specifies.
“I don't know if it's a disadvantage or an advantage, we'll see. - he added -. Technically the way of working changes, but there is bitterness and disappointment because the club is used to participating in the Champions League". That Champions League that Juventus now has the obligation to return to play: “When Juve starts, they do it to get the best results, the minimum objective is to get back into the Champions League. It is never a zero year, you work to improve what was done the year before. We have to work well as a team and get results, now it is useless to make headlines 'Juve is fighting to win the Scudetto'”, he clarified.
The market chapter is different, with the missed arrivals of Lukaku e Berardi, to the confirmations of Vlahovic e Owned with the addition of Weah e Facundo Gonzalez: “The club takes care of the transfer market, I am very happy with the squad I have at my disposal and above all with how the group is working. We'll see how far we can go along the way, the team has a lot of room for improvement", Allegri says he is satisfied, and on Paul Pogba's already troubled start he underlined: “I'm happy with Pogba for the little match he played the other day (with Alessandria, ed.). He is a different player from the others, he comes from a year and a half of inactivity, having him available every day for all the games would already be a great advantage for us. Today I will evaluate whether to bring him to Udine or not".
Article published on 19 August 2023 - 18:20
