Juventus boss Massimiliano Allegri believes Juve are ‘favourites to win’ a sixth Scudetto.
In an interview with Corriere Dello Sport, he explained that the forthcoming Champions League group stage fixtures with Lyon will effectively become knockout games after his side’s slow start in the group stages of the competition, and he also spoke about Italy’s crop of exciting young players.
Juventus boss Massimiliano Allegri believes Juve are ‘favourites to win’ a sixth Scudetto.
In an interview with Corriere Dello Sport, he explained that the forthcoming Champions League group stage fixtures with Lyon will effectively become knockout games after his side’s slow start in the group stages of the competition, and he also spoke about Italy’s crop of exciting young players.
“I am realistic: Juve are the favorites to win their sixth straight scudetto. We would like to win the SuperCoppa and the Coppa Italia, we have the ability to do it, but it will not be easy.
“The Champions League is a tougher challenge now. In our two games with Lyon we will play to qualify. It will be like knockout football. But I am confident, Juve are a good team.
“The best young players are [Federico] Bernardeschi, [Gianluigi] Donnarumma, [Domenico] Berardi, [Manuel] Locatelli, [Lorenzo] Pellegrini, [Alessio] Romagnoli and [Daniele] Rugani.
“I would like to make a prediction: the generation born in the second half of the nineties will graduate after the World Cup, and Italy will become a strong national team.
“Moise Kean? I really feel very strongly about him, I’m not ruling out that the boy will be in the first team sooner or later.”
The Juve boss was then asked about the most intelligent player he had ever worked with in football.
"The most intelligent player I've ever worked with? [Andrea] Pirlo, [Alessandro] Nesta, [Carlos] Tevez, [Zlatan] Ibrahimovic and [Gennaro] Gattuso. Not to mention those in my current Juve team. But if I have to say one name, it’s [Clarence] Seedorf.