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Allegri discusses Bonucci and Champions League final regrets

Allegri discusses Bonucci and Champions League final regrets

Massimiliano Allegri returns to talk after the defeat of Cardiff. The Juventus coach at Sky Sport has answered all the enquiries, starting from the transfer market and returning to the Champions League final.

 

BONUCCI - "In handling the Bonucci case," Allegri explains, referring to his exclusion against Porto, at that particular time, it was right to do so. “There are moments when it is right to close an eye and times when both eyes should be kept wide open. At that time Leo was wrong, I was wrong, too...It was an important and decisive game, and if we lost, we would have gained the strength to win ten more. Against Porto we played a good game, then after two days Bonucci came back because he is an important player, an extraordinary player and above all he must understand that he will be the future leader of the Juventus locker room."

 

CARDIFF - "After Ronaldo’s first goal we doubled down and we continued to push. It is a game that will teach us a lesson, especially in the management of matches. The games can not be played all at one hundred miles per hour. We could not think of doing this in the second half because in the first half we pushed a lot, so you have to adjust more in the game and get to know the rhythms better. If I could go back? At the end of the first half I would have made two or three changes, but it was impossible to do so because when a final is being played, there are supplements and at that time I had Pjanic with a knee disorder, and I had Mandzukic with an ankle that was inflating. So I sent them back to the field hoping the game would go our way and that we could handle it for 20 minutes. Already the last 5 minutes of the first half they had taken over. The first 40 minutes they had been stopped, they were afraid to score and in the second half, when they saw that we were more in trouble, they jumped on us."