Former Juventus captains Alessandro Del Piero, Giorgio Chiellini and Claudio Marchisio, react to the Old Lady’s 2-1 loss against Benfica in the Champions League.
The Bianconeri have now lost the first two group stage games for the first time in history and are six points behind PSG and Benfica in Group H.
They’ve started the season by winning only two of the first eight matches across all competitions, but their boss Max Allegri insisted last night that he is not considering resigning.
Juventus legends Del Piero, Marchisio and Chiellini reacted to last night’s 2-1 loss in Turin.
Del Piero and Marchisio commented on the game for Sky Sport and Prime Video Italia, respectively, while the LAFC defender posted a picture on his social media accounts writing the club’s motto: ‘Fino alla Fine’ (until the end).
“It’s not an easy moment for Juventus,” admitted Del Piero.
“They must have an internal confrontation to understand the long and short-term issues. We should not forget about injuries, we’d see a different Juve without all those players out. Juventus have real problems in creating chances and keeping up with intensity, especially in Europe.
Benfica came out slowly, keeping their identity and unity. They always know what to do and Juventus must do much more even with all these problems.”
Marchisio believes Juventus’ problems are mostly physical and tactical.
“Bonucci spoke about physical and mental tiredness,” the ex-midfielder said.
“Players looked confused, also without the ball. There are many single plays and this brings to tiredness. Danilo and McKennie were exhausted tonight. We are just at the beginning of the season, you don’t see the others this tired.”
Del Piero, Marchisio and Chiellini won the first Scudetto in the post-Calciopoli era in 2012 under Antonio Conte.
The former striker left the club in the summer, at the end of his contract. Marchisio terminated his agreement with Juventus in 2018, while Chiellini left at the end of 2021-22, joining LAFC.