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The Juventus coach presents the home match against the Giallorossi in the midweek round of Serie A
Juventus receives Lecce in the sixth round of the championship . The Bianconeri are looking for redemption after the defeat on the Sassuolo pitch last weekend and share fourth place in the Serie A standings , at 10, with Fiorentina while the Giallorossi are third in the rankings with 11 points and coming off the victory home against Genoa.
Massimiliano Allegri , on the eve of the match, presents the match at a press conference from 12pm. Follow it in real time on our website with live text. The match between Juve and Lecce is scheduled for tomorrow at 8.45pm at the Allianz Stadium.
Allegri's words in the conference
" A match must be played to return to victory, above all to erase the bad defeat against Sassuolo. Tomorrow the support of the fans is important because we are coming from a bad defeat. I don't agree that it was a bad performance, there were mistakes happen. We started well, then there was this mistake by Szczesny. We didn't do well in the last 20 meters, going behind Sassuolo. There were too many errors that changed the result. We have to work, stay balanced , win tomorrow but it won't be easy because Lecce are undefeated like Inter " said Allegri in the conference. The Juventus coach added: " Gatti must remain calm, mistakes happen, Szczesnyhe is the starting goalkeeper and will play tomorrow. We have a little problem with Kean due to the flare-up of a shin problem ."
Cheerful on the eve of Juventus-Lecce
On the team : "We have lost in experience compared to last year, gaining in speed and enthusiasm. There are leaders in the locker room, we just have to be aware of the fact that evenings like Saturday can happen. Limits must become strengths. The team can only grow. If we don't have a balance it becomes a problem because otherwise we go on a roller coaster and this shouldn't happen. We must have the desire and desire to obtain maximum results. At Juventus there is an obligation to obtain maximum results, we must work on this. There are great pressures and a sense of responsibility, yes. The two most important qualities that people within Juventus must have are these. Important choices were made last year to make a future for what the team can be. The boys must remain calm, aware of Sassuolo's defeat. Tomorrow we have an opportunity to turn the situation around".
Allegri on Lecce, goals and individuals
On Lecce and the objectives : " Lecce is solid, excellently trained, has an experienced team, last season they did well and they continue now. The championship? Inter, Napoli and Milan are above the others, at this moment Inter deserves the primacy. We are fighting for the top 4 places" . Then, on Yildiz, Chiesa , Vlahovic and other singles : "Yildiz scored a beautiful goal with Next Gen, I'm happy for this and for their victory. Rugani and Milik? Both are fine, I have to evaluate Chiesa and Vlahovic, one of the two could start from the bench. Chiesa is very present in the match, I'm happy and he can still improve. But on Saturday he spent a lot, I have to evaluate, tomorrow the changes will make the difference." More on the championship: "We have to know our limits, working to overcome them. But the reality is that on paper there are 3 favorite teams, which doesn't mean that we have to settle. We have to get into the four, then we'll see the position: it's not easy. In Sassuolo, by winning we could have taken the lead even if temporarily: we didn't succeed, the reality is this. But we have to continue to wish, starting from tomorrow."
On Vlahovic: "Extraordinary, but he must grow"
On Vlahovic , Allegri added: " It's a growth journey that Dusan must follow. In football not everything can go well or badly, in a match there are many balls to play. The important thing is to stay focused on the match, without getting nervous and play with balance. Dusan is important and extraordinary, he must grow, in a few years he will be a completely different player. There is no science, there are those who grow before and after. " Returning to Lecce , the Juve coach explained: "Fear of negative episodes with Lecce? We must not think negatively but believe in what we do. The other evening was an evening in which we paid for single errors. Szczesny is a European-level goalkeeper and he had a bad evening ."
Allegri: "The team is motivated"
Finally, he concluded: " The team is motivated, sorry and angry for what happened in Sassuolo. Tomorrow we will be ready to play a game of attention. It had been a week in which there was euphoria after the victory, we tried to put remedy. But football is not an exact science. We need to adapt and know that we have one chance a week to transform the work into a victory or an up to par performance. The attention we need to have must be maximum. "