Massimiliano Allegri feels Juventus ‘wasted a chance’ against PSG and explains why he played Weston McKennie out of position.
The Bianconeri suffered a 2-1 loss in Paris in the opening game of the Champions League Group H.
“We played a good game, it’s a wasted chance, we had to be more clear-headed in the final minutes,” Allegri told Canale 5.
“We had to create more chances on the left, we didn’t do it enough. We could have been dangerous in those situations with McKennie wide on the right. We must improve, it’s a wasted chance.”
Dusan Vlahovic played the entire match and was frustrated by a save of Gigio Donnarumma in the second half when the Bianconeri when 2-1 down.
“Vlahovic played a good game, we know we must improve and we are working on this. We are waiting for the return of a few players, which is a good thing for Juventus,” said Allegri.
“Sometimes we risked, they have the quickest strikers in the World, but we defended better in the second half and we must continue to improve.”
Kylian Mbappé scored two goals in the opening 22 minutes and looked absolutely unstoppable in the first half.
“What’s difficult is when you don’t have the ball, sometimes we got distracted in the first half. We had more courage in the second half. We played a good game, but we must be annoyed by the result,” Allegri insisted.
“We wanted to be more aggressive, Messi and Neymar play very well when they come deep to collect the ball, so it was difficult to catch them and we had to slow down a bit.
“We have a few players out with specific physical and technical qualities. I had to adapt McKennie on the right.”
The USMNT international was subbed on during the break and took just eight minutes to find the net with a header.
McKennie was also deployed on the right in the second half of Juventus’ 1-1 draw against Fiorentina on Saturday night.
The Old Lady return to the pitch on Sunday, hosting Salernitana at the Allianz Stadium. Benfica travel to Turin next week after sealing a 2-0 win over Maccabi Haifa tonight.
Lord Allegri Patron Saint of Slow Ball is right, even though I think he is an algorithm invented by Calciopoli. Chiesa and Vlahovic are too good for this team and should return to fiorentina… Mou was right, pogba will be a virus