MADRID, 22 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The coach of Juventus, Massimiliano Allegri, lamented the “serious mistake” they made in Villarreal’s equalizer in the first leg of the Champions League round of 16 and assured that not even the Castellón team “could believe the gift” that they granted him and that leaves the classification to the quarterfinals “open”.
“Ironically, we conceded the equalizer just when it seemed that we could control Villarreal quite comfortably. We made a serious mistake because we knew perfectly well that they were trying that move and we still allowed them to score. It was unbelievable, not even Villarreal could believe the gift that we gave them.” we did”, said Allegri in statements collected by the UEFA website.
The Italian coach stressed that they had “problems” in the final stretch of the match when they were already “a little tired” and also showed his displeasure with “some errors in attack” that caused them to fall “offside on good occasions on the counterattack” .
“However, the team played a good game in general and, in general, I am quite satisfied with the performance. The classification is still open, but I am confident in going through because we will have some important players back”, added the ‘bianconero’ coach. , who considered that the Serbian Dusan Vlahovic, author of the goal at 33 seconds, “played a very good game”.
Finally, Allegri did not hide that Villarreal is a team that “has experience and great technique.” “Obviously, I wanted to win 3-0, but it’s not easy here. We were a bit light with our pressure in the second half and Villarreal made us pay for it,” he said.