‘Juventus are in a bad situation’ - Allegri after 2-1 defeat to Verona
Juventus manager Massimiliano Allegro admits his side are ‘in a bad situation’ after their 2-1 defeat to Hellas Verona on Saturday.
The Bianconeri’s slow start to the Serie A season continued after they suffered their fourth defeat of the season against
Hellas Verona.
Giovanni Simeone
, the eldest son of
Atletico Madridmanager
Diego Simeone
, scored twice inside 14 minutes to send
Allegri
’s side to ninth in the Serie A standings.
Speaking after the game,
Allegri
insisted his team can get out of their current situation but must be realistic as well.
"Words are meaningless right now. We're in a bad situation, we have to accept the reality that right now we are a mid-table team. We can get out of this situation with a little more determination and quality,"
Allegri
told
DAZN
after the game
.
"We will drag ourselves out of this situation. There's no point feeling sorry for ourselves, that won't help, we just need to focus on what we need to do and then things will sort themselves out.
"It's a good squad, but things don't always go your way in football. We have to react with pride and determination. We had to play like a team that had one point, and we did, now we have to play like a team that has 15 points.
"We realized Verona were going to make it physical and a battle for every ball, so if you don’t meet them at that level, you will lose.
"Wearing the Juventus jersey does not give us a guarantee we will beat the teams in mid-table. We have to earn every point and do it with the right attitude."
When talking about playing styles, Allegri added:
"Football is football, it is not fencing. You need to fight it out on the pitch at the same level. We lost a lot of tackles and aerial duels against Sassuolo too, and they are frankly not a very physical side.
"Verona knew that was how they had to play in order to beat Juventus. Our mistake was assuming we were better than Verona, and right now we are not. We must be realistic.
"There is no big team that has ever won without respecting their opponents. We are lacking that desire to fight it out, because games are a battle.
"There's nothing we can say now, we just need to stay silent and work hard to prove ourselves on the pitch."
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