Max Allegri thanks Alex Sandro for ‘taking one for the team’ with his late red card for the win in Verona and explains where Moise Kean still needs to improve.
The Bianconeri notched up a fifth consecutive Serie A victory, but it was far from easy going at the Stadio Bentegodi.
Hellas had the better of the first half and the deadlock was broken only by a Moise Kean shot that took a massive deflection off Pawel Dawidowicz to wrongfoot Lorenzo Montipò.
It’s still a result that puts Juve into third place awaiting Lazio’s match against Monza this evening.
“It certainly wasn’t a great performance, but we know that against these teams who are very aggressive, we have to take a different approach,” Allegri told Sky Sport Italia.
“We could’ve done better in certain situations, but it’s already important that the lads recognised what attitude to take.
“It has been a tough time with many players out of action, the substitutes allowed us to get some fresh legs in. I congratulate the lads on the way they approached this game.”
Allegri was particularly irritated with Kean and then Angel Di Maria, repeatedly shouting at them about their positioning.
“Kean was always in the wrong position, he needed to move a little wider to shake off his marker, which he did better in the second half. Rabiot attacked the spaces with his strong run, then I had to move Danilo as a full-back and it was a bit of an emergency situation.
“Kean doesn’t have the technique of the others, but he is a player who can be very important. If he played more regularly, he’d score more goals. I am happy above all with the improvement in his attitude and mentality compared to previous seasons, but he was born in 2000 and remains a kid.
“Angel and Leandro Paredes had some good moves, but it’s natural that there’s a World Cup coming up, so it’s not that they are holding back as such, but that is going to be in their minds.”
There were two penalty incidents, the first for Danilo handball that was not given a VAR on-field review, the second that was to revoke a spot-kick, as Leonardo Bonucci touched the ball before Simone Verdi.
Alex Sandro was sent off in stoppages and when Verdi took the free kick from the edge of the area, Allegri sat crouched on the side of the pitch refusing to watch.
“In that incident, Paredes should’ve had the foul earlier to be honest, fortunately Alex took one for the team, otherwise we might be here talking about a different result. It’s similar to the situation where we conceded against Benfica because we didn’t foul when we should’ve done.”
and Roberto Carlos will be the protagonist for Brasil lol. Mind blowing that Tite could even select him and his sidekick Cafu. Bench warmers for sure.
Weep Nostradamus, weep.
As we climb up the league table this nonsense Lord Allegri guy is going to have nothing else to say.
let’s all have a minute silence for Lord Allegri and Lele Adani ( both LAs are still recovering from that beating in Torino )
they both deserve our thoughts and prayers
lol I look forward to seeing bush leaguers vs bush leaguers in Agnelli’s super league, better known as the second division of Europe.
Clutching at straws, Nostradamus. Yawn.
Ah gump, the coward that you are. Forever in witness protection. Haifa, Monza, the list goes on. Good to see you are out of the cage and have a spring in your step. Now get back in your hole boy. Got to prepare for those EL games the global audience craves.