Massimiliano Allegri underlined the importance of the game against Spezia for Juventus. (AP photo)
Massimiliano Allegri said Juventus’ trip to Spezia was a relegation battle as they went on to win their 5th league match of the season without a win and in the Serie A drop zone.
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Massimiliano Allegri said on Tuesday that Juventus’ trip to Spezia was a relegation battle as his team went without a win in their fifth league match of the season and were in the Serie A drop zone. Juve’s 1-1 home draw with AC Milan on Sunday night left them in 18th place with only two points, some 10 away from league leaders Napoli, and a flaming Allegri in the tunnel of the Allianz Stadium” and they Want to play for Juventus” was filmed shouting. About their players. They travel to Spezia, two points behind their hosts on Wednesday and are looking to advance their season before traveling to European champions Chelsea next week.
“Looking at the table right now Spezia vs Juventus is a relegation six-pointer… We need to be realistic, we can’t talk about our goals,” Allegri told reporters.
The 54-year-old described his post-match displeasure as “normal” after another disappointing performance from Juve, who fell back after taking an early lead against Milan and could lose the match, repeating the second-half collapse pattern .
“The same thing happened after the break against Milan, when there was no pressure, we made mistakes,” said Allegri, back at Juve this season after winning five straight league titles between 2015 and 2019.
“It makes no sense to talk about the past, it’s a different Juventus team.”
Allegri said Italy forward Federico Chiesa will make his second league debut of the season, while Matthijs de Ligt will certainly start in defense after revealing Giorgio Chiellini had a fever.
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