“Villarreal is an experienced team that does not concede anything”
BARCELONA, Mar 15 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Juventus coach, Massimiliano Allegri, assured in the preview of the second leg of the Champions League round of 16 against Villarreal CF that, after 1-1 in the first leg, now “it’s time to play and win” in a key moment of the season.
“This is the important moment of the season. Now is when to be different from the rest of the season. This is when it’s time to play and win. They are different games from those played between September and February,” he said at a press conference.
For Allegri, the duel is “like a final” that they will play at home and at a “decisive” moment. “The team is doing well and is finding an important balance, we are experiencing a good moment and we have become a solid group”, he celebrated.
“It’s a difficult and complicated game, tomorrow the fans will have to lend us a hand. Villarreal is an experienced and physical team with a good coach who concedes little or nothing and who knows how to read games. We have to understand the moments of the game well, fit in as little as possible and make fewer mistakes than them”, he warned his team.
The good part is that he has recovered Chiellini, Dybala and Bernardeschi, although he doesn’t know whether to play the whole game. “They are working well: tomorrow’s changes will be decisive. The three, however, do not have 90 minutes in their legs”, he admitted.
“Bonucci is out, he played games in which he didn’t feel well but he made himself available to the team and now he has a calf problem. Alex Sandro tomorrow I prefer not to risk it, he still has a physical problem,” he said about the absences.
He also confirmed that Vlahovic will be his center forward and that Morata could also play. “Morata is in a good moment of form and he has to score, like Vlahovic. Of course, many are doing well, we have become a granite group. But we haven’t done anything yet”, he pointed out.