Max Allegri celebrates the Scudetto and prepares for Real Madrid in the Champions League semi-final. “Nobody would’ve bet on us.”
The Bianconeri secured a fourth consecutive Serie A title thanks to yesterday’s 1-0 win away to Sampdoria.
The team went from Marassi straight to a training retreat in Turin.
“I am very happy and we achieved something that was not easy,” the Coach said in a Press conference.
Max Allegri celebrates the Scudetto and prepares for Real Madrid in the Champions League semi-final. “Nobody would’ve bet on us.”
The Bianconeri secured a fourth consecutive Serie A title thanks to yesterday’s 1-0 win away to Sampdoria.
The team went from Marassi straight to a training retreat in Turin.
“I am very happy and we achieved something that was not easy,” the Coach said in a Press conference.
“I’d say the most important result was against Napoli, because we’d lost to them in the Italian Super Cup and were held by Inter. It was a victory of character.
“When at times you stutter, it’s important to keep a cool head and that’s what we did. If we want to find a small negative of the campaign, it’ll be dropping five points to Cesena and Parma. We always won against the top seven.”
Allegri stuck with Antonio Conte’s 3-5-2 system for a while, but gradually adapted the team to play four at the back.
“If I had arrived and immediately tried to remove all the team’s certainties, it wouldn’t have been very intelligent.
“I waited a while and the old tactical system was very useful. With absences and in some situations we had to play that way.”
Many fans were outraged when Allegri was chosen to replace Conte, especially as he had been fired by Milan only a few months earlier.
“I won the Scudetto with two extraordinary teams. At Milan I arrived in 2010 and the club hadn’t won since 2004. It was important to turn that around.
“At Juve the situation was different, but winning a fourth consecutive title was no easier. I am happy to have won both in Milan and Turin.”
There were no huge celebrations because Juventus are already focused on Tuesday’s Champions League semi-final.
“It’s not every day you get to play Real Madrid, so we have to keep our heads to reach the Final. If we don’t get there, it’ll be expected, but if we do…
“We are among the top four teams in Europe, have won the Scudetto and are in the Coppa Italia Final.
“At the start of the season nobody would’ve bet on us. Many thought we’d be eliminated in the group stage. Instead we are facing the reigning Champions of Europe for a place in the Final.”
Allegri also went on Twitter to celebrate the title, which so few had expected when supporters ran a campaign to get him out pre-season.
"There's a lot of responsibility at Juve, but it's all repaid when you realise you've made 250 million fans around the world happy."