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Allegri: 'The team played great; this is how I expected the first leg to go'

Allegri: 'The team played great; this is how I expected the first leg to go'

Massimiliano Allegri will be thankful for Cristiano Ronaldo this evening as the experienced forward fired in a hat-trick to give Juventus a 3-0 win over Atletico Madrid and, more importantly, overturn a 2-0 deficit to qualify for the quarter-finals of the tournament.

Speaking to Sky Sport after the game, Juve boss Allegri said the following:

"​Was there so much criticism about Allegri? There was so much criticism about the guys but they played a great game. It was what I had in mind in the first leg, then it started in a different way, we did not use our press very much and we were not very aggressive. It was a lot; we had been waiting for this game and the risk was to play a neurotic, hysterical match."

Allegri found himself subject to rumours of a sacking but the manager himself cleared things up; saying in an interview that he will be discussing the possibility of renewal or departure with Juve president Andrea Agnelli in the upcoming summer.

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