"We all have to pull together", Allegri reacts to Juventus’ 15-point deduction
Juventus manager Massimiliano Allegri says they all have to pull together after the club was deducted 15 points in Serie A.
were hit with a 15-point penalty for false accounting on Friday after an appeal hearing at the Italian football federation. The points deduction would push them down to the tenth place in the table.
In his press conference,
Allegriurged the Juventus squad and fans to stay together and keep their unity.
“Tomorrow is an important game, it’s a special match after what happened yesterday. We all have to pull together even more, continue to work with a low profile. We only have to think about the pitch.”
Allegri said they should focus on their job on the pitch and try to win games.
“Nothing, we still have to score points. We have to try to win tomorrow because it would allow us to hook seventh place. Then we have Europa League, Coppa Italia… We have to do the best we can.
“We must not restart, these judicial matters concern the club, there will be an appeal. Given the league table we have to try to win tomorrow to be on 25 points.”
Allegri insisted that his players should play with the same level of commitment and determination.
“At Juventus you never play lightly. Next week Pogba and Vlahovic will be back, tomorrow we’ll have Cuadrado available. Before yesterday’s ruling Juventus had 37 points with every chance of playing for a place in the Champions League and maybe the title.
“We must do our duty because the final verdict will be in two months and we must not let ourselves find ourselves in two months with regrets for not having done what we had to do. But we also went through this two months ago with the overturning of the board of directors.
“We come out of these unforeseen events individually strengthened with all the calmness of the case and above all with commitment and determination to do what we have to do, which is to win on the pitch.”
Allegri also said he has spoken to Juventus president Maurizio Scanavino.
“Rabiot trained separately yesterday, but he should be ok. This morning I spoke with Scanavino, today at 14:30 the president will also speak to the team and then all we have to do is train and prepare for the match.”
The Juve manager discussed his future and whether he’d leave the club at the end of the season.
“I am the Juventus coach and I will remain so, unless they send me away. There are times when we have to be responsible for what we are and what we do, in difficulties we have to be men.
“When things are going well we’re all good, when there are difficulties it’s more challenging and it has to concern everyone.
“In the league, the standings at the moment tell us that we are 12 points behind fourth place. I repeat: tomorrow we have Atalanta, it’s a direct clash and we’ll try to play a good game.”
The Italian coach revealed what he told his players following the ruling.
“There’s no need to invent a lot of words. The team knows very well what needs to be done, nothing has changed for us. We have to have the inner strength and get back to what the current situation is.”
The former Milan manager was asked about his personal opinion about the FIGC court’s decision.
“I was not in a position to talk about the seriousness. The certain thing is that we have to accept the verdict, for us on the sporting side these things should not concern us.
“We have to do our utmost, stay silent and make this challenge based on these 22 points. And I am convinced that the boys will do everything they can to get the maximum and maybe do something extraordinary.”
Allegri said he feels sorry for Juventus’ former directors including Nedved and Agnelli.
“At Juventus everyone has their own responsibility depending on their role. I am very sorry on a personal level for Cherubini, Agnelli, Nedved, Arrivabene and Garimberti. Besides the professional aspect there is also the human one that goes beyond that.”
Allegri also was asked if he felt the punishment has been unfair.
“After they told me about the nine points I did the calculation to see how much we were missing for the Champions League, with 15 I did another one. To get there you need something extraordinary.”
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