Juve, Allegri: “Going to the Champions League with -15 would be like winning three championships”

TURIN. «The run-up to the Champions League is difficult, almost impossible, but the team scored 50 points on the field and we will have to give continuity to these results. We will have to take one step at a time, but going to the Champions League with a 15-point penalty would be like winning three championships, not one». Massimiliano Allegri smells the scent of great enterprise and thus relaunches the impossible challenge of a Juve that tomorrow evening in Rome will be played more than a direct match against Mourinho’s Giallorossi. «Roma are doing an excellent championship because they are fighting for the Champions League – explains the Juventus coach on the eve – and have conceded only 5 goals in 11 games at home, while they come from four victories at the Olimpico where they have not conceded a goal. It will be a good game, you have to be good».

The victory in the derby becomes a springboard for a Juve that wants to continue climbing the standings, now they are seventh at -12 from fourth place, and are finding all their pieces again in the highlight of the season. «I was very happy with how Pogba entered the field and immediately got into the game – says Allegri -: at the moment he is an excellent solution from the bench, he is missing minutes. Then Miretti returns to Rome and Milik will be there after the championship break”. The important thing is that Angel Di Maria maintains this state of form and this inspiration, waiting to see if he will stay in Turin for another year. “It’s always “It’s nice to have the great players at your disposal, but the club takes care of that. At the moment, the priorities are quite different even if Danilo’s contract has been renewed”.

The bianconeri find Dybala as an opponent and the ex law seems to loom tomorrow evening. «Paulo is an important player for Roma – comments Massimiliano Allegri – and he was important for Juventus: we must miss him with special attention because he is a dangerous player». And who knows if Mourinho will be on the bench, disqualified for two matches after the dispute with the fourth official Serra in Cremona. «If they associate me with Mourinho, I’m very happy – smiles the Juventus coach -: he’s doing an excellent job in Rome and I hope to see him on the pitch. For me, if you kick the coach out, once you’ve given him a fine, the next one has to be on the pitch.”