Massimiliano Allegri told the press today that his side were too sluggish today and must be aware of their position in the table.
Following today’s 2-0 defeat to Monza, Allegri had to admit that Juventus now face a serious and novel challenge.
One week after a 15-point deduction and life at Juve has gotten worse today as Monza’s victory pushed the Old Lady down to 13th place. Monza, meanwhile, jumped up to 11th in Serie A.
Two first half goals courtesy of Partick Ciurria and Dany Mota were enough for Monza to cement Juve’s position in the bottom half of the table.
Allegri spoke to the press about the game, Juve’s poor performances, the club’s overarching situation, and the need for humility on the pitch:
“I don’t think we’d ever played a first half like that and we should reflect on that. It went better after the break, but we must admit responsibility for the overall performance,”
“With Atalanta it was a strange game, but I look at the statistics. In three games we picked up one point, conceded 10 goals including some frankly easy ones today. It is not possible to concede from a throw-in, they got through us with embarrassing ease.
“We were sluggish and didn’t even react after the first goal they had disallowed, which was a warning. We’ve been making too many mistakes and haven’t had the right mentality, but the attitude in the second half was completely different.
“We must be aware of the position we have in the table at this moment, not of the 38 that we earned. We have 23 points now and must act like it. So after today’s defeat, we have to work on that situation, which momentarily is the real one.
“Every game is decisive, we need to get out of this vortex as quickly as possible. We have one point from three rounds and that should not happen. We were unbeaten at home until now. Monza are a good side, but we cannot concede those two goals so softly.
“Anyone who is not able to get it done, it is only right they are left out.”
Allegri’s side next face Lazio in the quarter-final of the Coppa Italia on Thursday 2nd February.
