Massimiliano Allegri warned Juventus cannot afford “to feel sorry for ourselves” after the Bianconeri had been denied a late penalty and didn’t make their dominance pay towards Nantes.
Juve had been held to a 1-1 draw within the first leg of their Europa League play-off tie on Thursday after Ludovic Blas’ second-half strike cancelled out a easy Dusan Vlahovic opener.
Allegri’s aspect dominated for giant elements at Allianz Stadium and had been left aggrieved after seeing a late penalty attraction turned down when Andrei Girotto appeared to deal with inside the world.
The VAR despatched referee Joao Pinheiro to the touchline monitor within the last minutes, however he as an alternative awarded a free-kick for a Bremer push on the Nantes defender, a lot to Allegri’s annoyance.
“I saw it now. Needless to say it was a hand, a penalty, it should have been a second yellow card,” the Juve coach informed Sky Sport Italia.
While Juve had been left livid with the late choice, the Bianconeri ought to have sealed the play-off benefit earlier after pinning their guests again all through.
Allegri’s aspect managed 64.2 per cent possession within the second half, registered double their opponents’ seven pictures over the complete sport and hit the goal with six of these in comparison with Nantes’ one.
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The stalemate left all of it to play for at Beaujoire Stadium on February 23 as Allegri was left to rue a missed likelihood.
“We could have done better with our ball speed. After 1-0 we stopped, we played too much in slow motion,” the Italian added.
“It went to 1-1 after which we obtained again to enjoying, we had the prospect to go 2-1 up on a number of events. We have to hold on [when on top], particularly in these matches the place you’ll want to rating extra objectives.
“It’s useless to feel sorry for ourselves, we have to secure qualification in France. But now we have to think about Spezia [on Sunday].”
Allegri was additionally left pissed off with the character of Blas’ equaliser after Nantes raced away on a counterattack that began on the sting of their very own space, with Mostafa Mohamed enjoying by means of his strike accomplice to equalise.
He continued: “[Angel] Di Maria may shoot, he tried to dribble, it could possibly occur. You can’t let a counterattack occur from the opposite finish of the pitch and never make a foul.
“It happened because at that moment we were a bit out of the game.”
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