Leonardo Bonucci believes Juventus have taken “another leap forward”, despite defeat to Bayern Munich.
The Bianconeri went 2-0 up in Bavaria on Wednesday, but the German champions hit back late on to take the match to extra time, eventually winning 4-2 to progress 6-4 on aggregate.
“There’s awareness of having taken another leap forward,” Bonucci insisted in an interview with Sky.
Leonardo Bonucci believes Juventus have taken “another leap forward”, despite defeat to Bayern Munich.
The Bianconeri went 2-0 up in Bavaria on Wednesday, but the German champions hit back late on to take the match to extra time, eventually winning 4-2 to progress 6-4 on aggregate.
“There’s awareness of having taken another leap forward,” Bonucci insisted in an interview with Sky.
“We showed we have the personality of a great team like Bayern. As we said at the beginning, Juve have to stay in the top eight and we deserved to, but that’s football.
“On our part there’s an awareness that we did something even more than last year, in terms of maturity and personality and also in terms of the quality of our play.
“But football can be decided by one ball, and a lost ball in the 90th minute can hurt you. We know that’s how football goes.
“Juve will come out even stronger from this slap, and even more convinced of our ability. What we have to do now is focus on Sunday’s game, because it’s a derby [against Torino].
“It’s lucky that we have such an important game, because our goal is to continue to win, after losing the Champions League our objective is to win the Scudetto and then go to Rome and win the Coppa Italia.”