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Coach's comments after Juve's slump stretches to fourth game Juventus' struggles continued for a other week as they twice had to come from behind to draw at Verona 2-2, but didn't really show enough late on to try pick up all three points. Inter Milan are now not only over the horizon, but even third-placed AC Milan has caught up to the Bianconeri.
Speaking after the game, coach Massimiliano Allegri cut a forlorn figure.
?You could easily lose a game like this, despite the three or four late chances we had. We need to reorganise our ideas, set our sights on an objective and stop conceding goals so easily.
?Even though against Udinese we had five or six chances, we did not convert. It can happen, but what we absolutely must not get wrong is the attitude that allowed us to bring home wins in the first four months, that we are not showing now. ?Football is a sport where it takes a long time to build and it can all be knocked down in an instant. So we need to get our ideas back in order.?
While the loss to leaders Inter could almost be explained, it's the two points in three games against Empoli, Udinese and Verona that have been the most frustrated. Allegri had previously indicated no formation changes would be made, he ended up going with a 4-3-3 that looked a lot more coherent than the usual 3-5-2.
?The change of system still gave us the sensation Verona were counter-attacking and we did not block them off ...