“It’s better to keep quiet after the games” – Corriere.it

Massimiliano Allegri did not take very well the statements of Szczesny after the semi-final second leg lost to Sevilla in extra time on Thursday 18 May. And he decided to talk about it again during the press conference on the eve against Empoli: «We submissive? When matches are played you have to keep quiet, I already find it hard to speak. In the heat you can say inaccurate things in the heat you can say the wrong things because there is a strong emotional component. The team in Seville did everything they had to do, apart from the chances that didn’t materialize: we were inaccurate », the coach’s words. And again: «Then, not knowing Italian very well, maybe he misused the terms».

But what had the Polish goalkeeper said? As mentioned, Szczesny expressed his opinion at the end of extra time against Sevilla: «All the saves I made tonight are useless. There is great disappointment. There remains a season without trophies and playing at Juve you always compete to win, not to participate. Looking back at the save on Ocampos it looks good, but now it gives me little satisfaction. I preferred not to have any grades on the report card and go through. Honestly, the off-field events have also done the locker room good. They united us, we felt we were waging war against everything and everyone. Of course hearing about sentences and penalties doesn’t help, there’s a bit of confusion and to achieve success you need to be well organised, you need order».

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Strong statements by Allegri who are causing discussion on social media: “And after Szczesny who does not speak Italian well, we can say that this man needs a long, long vacation away from the benches and football fields”. Or how «#Allegri’s words about #Szczesny and also about #Cuadrado are unacceptable, it’s clear that the team no longer follows him, I hope they don’t play against each other in the last three games. It is true that they will penalize us but at least on the field we can say that we finished second».

dto Szczesny’s side of course those who support the hashtag #AllegriOut: «With #Szczesny all my life. Dear #Allegri, the problem is not how our goalkeeper speaks, but the truth in his thoughts ». And to conclude: “Besides, #Szczesny speaks Italian much better than #Allegri…”.