‘Juventus aiming for CL final’

By Football Italia staff

Max Allegri says Juventus are aiming for another Champions League final, and expects Serie A to go down to the final day.

The Bianconeri have won the domestic double for the past two seasons in a row, but were beaten 4-1 by Real Madrid in the Champions League final.

This season the Old Lady will be going for a seventh Scudetto in a row, and they also want to return to the European Cup final.

“The fixture list?” Allegri considered, following the draw yesterday.

“All the direct clashes come at the end, and this year like never before the League will come down to the final game.

“We want to try and win a seventh consecutive Scudetto, and the difference will be motivation.

“We have to raise the bar and try to get back to the Champions League final, and maybe win it this time.”

Allegri was speaking in his Press conference after last night’s 3-2 friendly win over Paris Saint-Germain, and the Coach felt it was a worthwhile exercise.

“There were good phases of play in both the first and the second half. We need to improve our condition, the phase on the ball, the final third, but we have time to prepare and get ourselves ready for the Supercoppa.

“I’m happy for [Carlo] Pinsoglio who had a good performance, as well as [Claudio] Marchisio behind the strikers.

“[Rodrigo] Bentancur did well to play between the two in the middle of the park, he needs to acquire more personality because he has the technique to have a great future ahead of him.

“[Paulo] Dybala and [Gonzalo] Higuain had some difficulties at the start of last year, then their understanding improved.

“I’m happy with the predisposition to sacrifice in the defensive phase, we did well despite missing something in our legs.

“Getting to the end of the season and focusing on our goals requires the sacrifice of everyone.”

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