Max Allegri believes his Juventus team did not take advantage of the key moments in their match against Sevilla last night, which cost them the game.
Juve faced the Spanish side in the semi-final second leg of the Europa League as they bid to end this season with a trophy.
They had snatched a draw in the final seconds of the first leg to keep the tie open, but Sevilla are serial winners of the Europa League.
The Spanish side had the support of a packed stadium in Seville and eventually triumphed in extra time, even though Juve took the lead.
The current Bianconeri team lacks enough players with experience in European football and it showed in the defeat.
After the game, Allegri said via Football Italia:
“I chose Iling and Kean because Sevilla has defenders who struggle with the physicality and pace of those players. It’s a pity we didn’t reach the Final, as the lads deserved it and had more to give in this competition after the season we’ve had.
“Sadly, when you don’t have much international experience, that difference shows. Next season these lads will improve in the details and have learned from this.”
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We knew Sevilla was a tough nut to crack even before the game and expected our players to be prepared.
However, they seemed to underestimate what Suso could do when they allowed him a crack at goal, which cost us that win.
This is another sad end to our European campaign and fans will wonder when we will finally end our continental struggles.
We have no chance of ending our continental struggles with this inept coach on the bench. Disgusting that he is using inexperience of players for his failings. If he feels that’s the case, why did he play Fagioli, Illing-Jr and Gatti from the start? He is full of contradictions and a hypocrite. These 3 were amongst our best players, yet Cuadrado and Di Maria who had terrible performances, never get singled out by this clown. Oh and let’s give the cadaver Sandro an increased contract extension worth $6.5M. This club is f#cked.
We are an embarrassment on the Italian and European stage for two seasons now with one common denominator. If this club continues down this path going into next season then they only have themselves now to blame and unfortunately the fans will continue to suffer the consequences of inept mismanagement and decision making. Banter era continues.
Juve has always been experienced in Europe. During those time, what I can recall we play as the strong side..had the ball and the shots more…only to loss possession when we play Barcelona. The point is…is there any player who really does well with vision, scheme, dead ball, free kicks ? None..Pirlo, Zidane, Alex were something elese. And we need this something else desperately. It is who plays the ball, and not who tells you how to play this ball.