Massimiliano Allegri warns Juventus “have to win” against Bologna tomorrow, not least because they face Napoli at the weekend.
The Bianconeri have taken maximum points from their first five Serie A games, but the Coach won’t allow any slip-ups tomorrow.
“Juve have to get used to winning continuously,” Allegri said in his pre-match Press conference.
“There are matches like Frosinone, others are more open and tomorrow maybe we’ll score early and it’ll be a totally different game.
Massimiliano Allegri warns Juventus “have to win” against Bologna tomorrow, not least because they face Napoli at the weekend.
The Bianconeri have taken maximum points from their first five Serie A games, but the Coach won’t allow any slip-ups tomorrow.
“Juve have to get used to winning continuously,” Allegri said in his pre-match Press conference.
“There are matches like Frosinone, others are more open and tomorrow maybe we’ll score early and it’ll be a totally different game.
“The more the Frosinone game went on the deeper they dropped, and the more chances we had. The team played a good game, especially in the second half where we were more lucid and worked the ball into the box more, where the opponent can’t commit fouls and you have the advantage.
“Tomorrow we have to win, because we need to get to the head-to-head game [with Napoli] with at least three points’ advantage.
“We’re facing a Bologna team that beat Roma clearly, and in the games they’ve lost it’s always been 1-0.
“They got one 0-0 and in the game against Inter they may have lost 3-0, but they conceded goals in the final minutes.
“They know how to suffer and stay in the game, and [Filippo] Inzaghi is really good in that sense, but we have to win.
“The mental aspect is important, we can’t take this lightly. We need to play like in Frosinone, where the team played in a mature and responsible manner.
“There are times when you’ll score more in the second half and times where you unlock the game immediately. Seasons are like that, and it all balances out.
“The team has been improving physically in the second half and that’s important for our season, because obviously when the other team is starting to tire you’ll have more chance of scoring.”
Yesterday was the FIFA World Football Awards, and Argentina captain Lionel Messi voted for Allegri as Coach of the Year, behind Ernesto Valverde and Pep Guardiola.
“I didn’t know that, I’m finding out about it now. I’m happy. [Didier] Deschamps rightly won the prize yesterday, because he won the World Cup.
“I’d also like to compliment [Beppe] Marotta, because he was given the prize for the best general manager in Europe.
“It was a beautiful day and we’re sorry we couldn’t attend, but we have these matches so close together.”
Before Frosinone, the Old Lady had two red cards in two matches…
“That doesn’t mean we’ll now get a red card every Sunday,” Allegri said.
“These moments always happen, in every season. In Frosinone we stopped that run.
“We all saw the red card [for Ronaldo] in Spain, Douglas Costa was rightly given a four game ban. We all have to be lucid, because it’s easier to finish a game with 11 men.”