Massimiliano Allegri was impressed with his Juventus squad’s work in their 6-1 win over Salernitana, highlighting the ‘good signs’ from the victory.
The Bianconeri fell 1-0 down within a minute after a Federico Gatti mistake allowed Chukwubuikem Ikwuemesi to poke to ball past Mattia Perin, leaving the home side shaken just moments into the fixture.
Juventus quickly responded through Fabio Miretti and Andrea Cambiaso, before going on a rampage in the second half. Goals from Daniele Rugani, Kenan Yildiz and Timothy Weah, as well as an own goal from Dylan Bronn, allowed the Old Lady to progress to the quarter-finals with a 6-1 victory.
Speaking to Sport Mediaset via TMW, Allegri first reacted to Juventus’ win over Salernitana.
“We conceded an unexpected goal, the team’s reaction was good. We had never managed to overturn a game, it’s a good sign, it means we’re fine.
“We had to play a game with great attention, on Sunday we’ll find a different team. We have to enjoy this victory but from tomorrow we have to think about Sunday.”
He touched on his team’s positive performance against the Granata.
“Excellent responses from everyone, we have grown. Tonight, we played better, we ran forward a lot, creating many passing lines. We need to be clearer in the last pass, raise the percentage of accurate passes.”
The Juventus coach spoke about the idea of deploying Kenan Yildiz alongside Federico Chiesa and Dusan Vlahovic.
“It depends on the growth of Yildiz and the condition of Federico, who did very well tonight, all he lacked was the goal. In today’s football, whoever starts on the bench is also important.
“When the others are on their feet, it is important to have these changes, if we then are good at playing with more offensive players, even better, but this depends on the growth of the players.”
He was asked if the goal was still a top four finish this season.
“We have to get to the top four, the next Champions League will be completely different and we have to respect the schedule, otherwise it’s a mess.”
Finally, Allegri praised the qualities of Yildiz.
“Very intelligent boy, he will have an important career ahead.”