‘Juve must react in a good or bad way’: takeaways from Allegri’s presser after loss to Milan

Here are the takeaways from Max Allegri’s press conference after Juventus’ 2-0 loss against Milan at San Siro.

The Tuscan tactician met the media after the match at the Stadio Meazza, in a press conference attended by Football Italia.

“The team did well for 20 minutes, then we started passing the ball backwards for no reason,” he said.

“The two goals were avoidable. We had important situations in numerical advantage but made the wrong choices and in the end, we paid a high price.

“We must react, we have an important game on Tuesday and we have time to turn things around in Serie A. We’ve never won away and we must fix this.

“I think we played a bad game technically, especially in the second half. We collapsed psychologically, making too many mistakes,” the coach continued.

“There isn’t much to say, we can only react, we have another important Champions League game on Tuesday then the Turin derby. We made the same mistakes, conceding twice, of course, we must react.

“I believe that after25 minutes we started passing the ball back when there was no need, so we need to improve. We must end this situation in some way, good or bad. We must react, we win more challenges, recover energies and try to win in Israel.”

The Bianconeri have now lost two games out of nine in Serie A and are seven points behind table leaders Napoli and Atalanta who play tomorrow, so they climb to +10 after just nine games.

On Tuesday, the Bianconeri face Maccabi Haifa away in the Champions League. It’s a must-win game for the Serie A giants who have earned just three points in three games so far and are four points behind the leading pair Benfica and PSG.

The Bianconeri have scored 12 goals in Serie A this season, conceding seven. Next week they visit Torino in the Derby Della Mole.

Juventus have never won away this season, collecting two draws against Sampdoria and Fiorentina and losing to PSG, Monza and Milan.