Allegri explains decision after Di Maria and Milik confusion

There was tension at the final whistle when Juventus lost to Benfica, as Angel Di Maria seemed to ask Arek Milik why he had been substituted, a decision Max Allegri later explained.

The Poland international had opened the scoring after just four minutes with a glancing header on the Leandro Paredes free kick.

However, Benfica equalised with a penalty on the stroke of half-time and then turned it around completely for a 2-1 victory.

At the final whistle, Di Maria was caught on camera asking Milik why he had been substituted and his teammate seemed to shrug in irritation.

Allegri spoke at a press conference afterwards and was asked about the decision to haul Milik off.

“Angel only had half a training session with the squad and needed playing time to regain fitness. I took Milik off because we were struggling with only two midfielders.

“I had to take a striker off, I took Milik off, who seemed more tired.”