Allegri: “If it were up to me, I’d stay one hundred percent. But I don’t decide”

Double front. Tomorrow Juventus will know the new sentence of the Federal Court of Appeal and will play in Empoli to defend the second place. “We must have a reaction after the elimination from the Europa League and keep an important position after two fourth places”.

More than sports justice (“We have to think about the pitch” says Allegri), doubts for tomorrow (“Vlahovic feverish, Rabiot battered”), calculations on the Champions League – with two points in the three final days of the championship Juve would qualify – , more than the different readings on Sevilla (“I’m not sure what Szczesny said, the team gave everything they could”), the coach’s future holds the bench.

John Elkann had indicated it as a reference in the sports area, but in recent weeks rumors and theses on the continuation chase each other, undermining certainties that seemed solid: «I spoke with the owners and expressed my thoughts, as always at the end of the season, moreover I confront myself every day with Calvo and Scanavino, but now let’s think about finishing the championship» he tries to gloss over initially, except having to plan on the subject when asked explicitly if he will certainly remain at Juventus and if he still feels confident: «I have a two-year contract and I remain 100% percent. This is my choice, but I don’t decide.”

Again on Elkann: «I was pleased by the engineer’s words, but by nature I always feel at the disposal of the company. I have responsibilities towards the company, and if they call me a corporate officer, I consider it a compliment. You are not only a coach, but together with the club you have to choose the best for results on and off the pitch. Then the club evaluates and makes choices where the coach doesn’t enter. I feel confidence, sorry not to be in the final of the Italian Cup and the Europa League, but we are second in the league net of everything, and gross of everything we could have had more points. Having said that, I’m not in the minds of others, my choice is to stay, then we’ll see. At the moment we are focused on the championship, in the end the managers will make their assessments as normal».