DBasia.news – Massimiliano Allegri, Juventus coach, revealed his thoughts after losing 2-1 against Paris Saint-Germain on matchday 1 of Group H of the 2022-2023 Champions League. He considered the Bianconeri wasted too many opportunities.
Juventus had to admit PSG’s advantage after losing 2-1. Kylian Mbappe became the visitors’ nightmare with his 2 goals. Meanwhile, Juve were only able to reply once through Weston McKennie in the 53rd minute.
Allegri feels that Juve actually have many opportunities to score goals. Statistics record, La Vecchia Signora fired 13 shots, while PSG recorded 15 opportunities.
“We played a good game. It was a wasted opportunity. We had to be clearer in the last minutes,” Allegri told Canale 5.
“We had to create more chances on the left. We didn’t do enough. We could have been dangerous in that situation with McKennie wide on the right. We have to improve, it’s a wasted opportunity.”
“One thing that is challenging is when you don’t have the ball, sometimes we are disturbed in the first half. We had more courage in the second half. We played a good game, but we have to be distracted by the result,” said the former AC Milan coach.
Besides Mbappe, Allegri also gave special credit to Lionel Messi and Neymar. The existence of these two players made it tough for Juve’s game to develop.
“We wanted to be more aggressive. However, Messi and Neymar played really well when they came from far away to get the ball. So it was difficult to hold them back and we had to slow down a bit.”
With these results, Juventus occupies the third position of the standings. Next, Juve will host Salernitana (12/9), before facing Benfica three days later.