Massimiliano Allegri did not believe so well. Even before the first match of the Champions League group stage, the Juventus Turin coach said: “PSG? We have to be realistic, the game to win is the one at home against Benfica Lisbon. Defeated despite a good match at the Parc des Princes (2-1), Adrien Rabiot’s teammates also lost this famous match “to win” at Juventus Stadium against Benfica (1-2), Wednesday evening.
” It is difficult to explain. After being down 2-1, we even risked taking a third or even a fourth goal. It’s football, these are things that happen, you just have to shut up and work, “commented Massimiliano Allegri at the microphone of Sky Sport. With zero points on the clock, Juve are already in big trouble in Group H dominated by PSG and Benfica who already have two wins and therefore a six-point lead.
Beyond the chart of accounts, it is the overall performance of the Turinese that raises questions because the Lisbon club dominated the debates and fully deserves its success. “I have no criticism to make to the team, I understand that it is a difficult moment from the psychological point of view”, retorts however the coach. And if he stressed that it was “the first time” that he lost two matches in a row in C1 with Juve, he added on his personal case: “I do not feel at all in danger” and wanted especially looking to the next meeting in Serie A against Monza. Qualification for the round of 16 of the competition seems already very compromised.