Massimiliano Allegri maintains he’s satisfied with tonight’s performance, even though his profligate Juventus side slipped to a 2-1 defeat at Napoli. Federico Chiesa’s goal wasn’t enough, as goals from Khivcha Kvaratskhelia and Giacomo Raspadori condemned Bianconeri to a fifth winless Serie A game in their last six.
Allegri became the first manager in Serie A history to hit a 1,000-point landmark after a 3-2 home win against Frosinone last weekend. However, Juventus squandered their last chance to challenge Inter’s Scudetto credentials with a wasteful performance at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.
Juventus atypically created many presentable scoring chances in the first half. But the final touch often let them down, especially in-form Dusna Vlahovic, who missed two sitters in the opening 35 minutes. His profligacy returned to bite the record-time Italian champions, leaving them 12 points adrift of Inter.
With a game in hand on out-of-sorts Juventus, Simone Inzaghi’s high-flyers should steamroll to the throne uncontested. Despite another sub-par result, Allegri praised Bianconeri’s showing, especially in the first half, where they could’ve and should’ve taken the lead.
“Tonight the boys played a really good game. Even in the first half we had some good chances, we couldn’t take advantage of them. It’s normal that these are all steps of growth that the boys have to make, in finding more balance, not going out of rhythm especially when we play the important games,” the Juventus boss told DAZN, as quoted by Gianluca Di Marzio.
“But I have to say that the team played well, we are still currently second in the standings. We still have eleven games to play to achieve our goal.”
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