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The Old Lady have been struggling in October, losing in the Champions League to Atletico Madrid and Olympiacos, as well as drawing at Sassuolo before labouring to a 2-0 home victory over Palermo on Sunday.
Massimiliano Allegri has responded to criticism of his Juventus side ahead of their trip to the Marassi to take on Genoa on Wednesday night.
The Old Lady have been struggling in October, losing in the Champions League to Atletico Madrid and Olympiacos, as well as drawing at Sassuolo before labouring to a 2-0 home victory over Palermo on Sunday.
Former Juventus Coach Marcello Lippi believes that the team has seen a drop in intensity since the departure of Antonio Conte, and this point was raised with the current tactician today.
“I think Lippi did say that,” Allegri admitted in response to assembled journalists.
“But I think he also said something else – that a team reflects the will and character of its Coach.
“The lads played with huge intensity for two months, also playing excellent football. There might be a period of poor performances, but League titles aren’t won by playing well, or rather not by playing well in every game.
“There will be times when you don’t play as well.
“For us, ‘not playing well’ is having seven or eight shots on goal in a game, so in the end it’s not really that bad.
“It’s true that we have to play better than we did in the first half against Palermo, in a technical sense.
“To do this everyone has to be better at using the ball, and above all we have to make less mistakes which is what happened against Palermo and what happened in Greece [the 1-0 defeat to Olympiacos].
“Strangely we actually played better in Greece, even though everyone slaughtered us, because as always and quite rightly the result affects the assessment of the performance.”