Here are the four key things from Massimiliano Allegri’s post-match press conference following Juventus‘ 2-0 over Inter.
The Bianconeri secured a crucial win against their arch-rivals in Turin. Football Italia was among the accredited media at the Allianz Stadium and attended Allegri and Simone Inzaghi’s post-match press conferences.
The Old Lady’s boss discussed the team’s performance and warned his players not to lose focus in the last two games of the year against Verona and Lazio.
“The most beautiful thing is to see available players helping each other, that’s what you need to win games. In order to reach our targets it is important to put on a side personal objectives and focus on the team’s goals. Now we must not waste what we’ve done against Verona.”
Dusan Vlahovic missed today’s match, and Allegri could not guarantee the Serbia international would be back before the World Cup break. However, Weston McKennie and Leandro Paredes are expected to train with the rest of the team on Monday.
“Let’s see. At the moment he [Vlahovic] has an inflammation, let’s see if he will recover. Tomorrow McKennie and Paredes should be back, Kean could be back on Tuesday.”
Danilo’s goal was controversially disallowed for a handball in the second half, what does Allegri make of the referee’s call?
“I haven’t seen the incident, but in that moment we could have lost the plot. Instead, we remained focused and that’s another nice signal.”
How long will it take for Nicolò Fagioli to earn a call-up to Italy’s national team?
“You should ask [Roberto] Mancini. Surely, despite talking badly about the national team, I think we have a bright future ahead, with interesting youths, not only at Juventus.”