A croaky Max Allegri said Juve's Coppa Italia defeat to Inter was “healthy and painless” ahead of a trip to Atalanta.
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The Bianconeri were beaten 3-0 at San Siro in the semi-final on Wednesday evening, wiping out their first leg advantage, but eventually went through on penalties.
A croaky Max Allegri said Juve's Coppa Italia defeat to Inter was “healthy and painless” ahead of a trip to Atalanta.
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The Bianconeri were beaten 3-0 at San Siro in the semi-final on Wednesday evening, wiping out their first leg advantage, but eventually went through on penalties.
“Let’s say it was a healthy defeat in psychological terms, because we were coming off 21 games without defeat, and it was also painless because we qualified for the Final,” said the Juventus Coach in a Press conference.
He croaked because he was losing his voice and warned he was “running low on batteries,” so the talk was cut short.
“Tomorrow will be different and very complicated. Atalanta do very well at home, they are without a win in 12 rounds so will be very determined, but we only have one result at our disposal.
“Claudio Marchisio is fit and ready to play. Giorgio Chiellini is progressing well, we’ll see if he’ll be available against Sassuolo next week, but it’ll be tough.”
Roma are charging up the table and went three points clear in third place after their 4-1 victory over Fiorentina, so should Juventus be worried about them as well as Napoli?
“The win we had against Roma was fundamental, as it allows us to be five points clear of them with a game in hand.
“I am not remotely surprised by this run, as they always had the quality to achieve this remarkable streak. They are still contenders for the Scudetto, as mathematically they can reach 86 points in the head-to-head with Napoli, so in theory the Scudetto can be won on 87 points.
“Tomorrow we need to get another win and to win the title a certain tally of points. As the weekends go by, that cut-off of 87 points could get lower.
“It won’t be easy and we must either maintain this three-point gap or even increase it over the upcoming mini-tournament of 11 rounds.
“All we have to focus on right now is winning, as that will guarantee we are at least three points clear of Napoli.”
With Chiellini injured, Allegri was asked if he’d return to three at the back or four, seeing Daniele Rugani’s struggles against Inter midweek.
“I haven’t decided yet. With regards to Rugani, he had a good first half, but everyone played below par that evening. I think the expectations were over the top for a 22-year-old who had four of the best defenders in Europe ahead of him in the pecking order.
“He had one performance that was not up to his standards, much like his teammates, but that doesn’t mean he’ll be sacrificed or dropped. Rugani will become an important player at Juventus.
“We have four important strikers, so far all four of them have done very well and will bring us the goals that can win the Scudetto. Roberto Pereyra was not rested against Inter, I just needed to make different changes for the needs of that particular match.”
Allegri was also asked about his future, as after Chelsea links he was now being associated with the Real Madrid job. Does he feel underappreciated in Italy?
“I never felt underappreciated. I do my work, I am at a big club and have a contract with Juventus for another year.
“First you wanted me to learn English, then Spanish… I wasn’t very good at school, so I can’t learn two new languages in the space of two months. Chinese? That’d take even longer!”