Max Allegri said Juventus showed “character” to beat Lazio in the Italian Super Cup and are building “for the next four or five years.”

The Bianconeri started the season as they mean to go on, beating Lazio 2-0 in Shanghai.

“I’m very happy for the lads, who adapted well to the terrible conditions of the pitch. We needed a performance of character,” the Coach told Rai Sport.

Max Allegri said Juventus showed “character” to beat Lazio in the Italian Super Cup and are building “for the next four or five years.”

The Bianconeri started the season as they mean to go on, beating Lazio 2-0 in Shanghai.

“I’m very happy for the lads, who adapted well to the terrible conditions of the pitch. We needed a performance of character,” the Coach told Rai Sport.

“We had some good chances, one we wasted horribly and two that we took well. It was important to win today because we had some new players who need to settle in and were missing some others.

“The Super Cup is an important trophy and it’s always a pleasure to win.”

New buys Mario Mandzukic and Paulo Dybala were on target, highlighting how well Juve operated on the transfer market.

“Khedira and Mandzukic are European quality, unfortunately Sami got an injury. We made some good summer signings, it takes patience for the team to gel completely. I can only thank the lads for their performance today.”

Dybala was shouted at by Allegri towards the end for an unnecessary nutmeg.

“A young player is joyful and enjoys his football, but also lacks experience, so these are the pros and cons of his characteristics.”

Juve aren’t done yet on the market and are also looking for a midfielder as well as a left-back.

“It depends on the players worthy of Juventus who we can get, then we must evaluate their characteristics. We are building a Juve that can have a future for the next four or five years, otherwise we may as well stick with the team we’ve got.”
The Serie A season begins on the weekend of August 22 against Udinese, then Juve take on Roma.

“We have to face all 38 games with the right approach and so far the staff working with me have done a great job preparing for the season.”

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