"It was a match with a lot of pressure, in the first half we were a bit stuck and nervous while in the second half we did better: let's look at the glass half full, we returned to not conceding a goal": the Juventus coach, Massimiliano Allegri, commented on the 0-0 home draw against Genoa.
"It's a moment in which we can't win, but we must not lose sight of the goal at the beginning of the season - he adds in the press conference - and the important thing is that on May 26th we are in the top four: we just have to stay quiet and work, when we restart we will have a good match against Lazio and then the two semi-finals of the Italian Cup."
In front of the Sky cameras he had an argument with the studio on the topic of the Chiesa-Yildiz-Vlahovic trident, not even deployed in the second half against Genoa despite the result being blocked: "I wasn't nervous, I simply responded to someone who plays the journalist and was a coach, but I don't do the opposite" was Allegri's response to the tense moment on television.
And on Vlahovic's expulsion: "I didn't speak to him, he made a mistake and the club will fine him" he concludes from the conference room of the Stadium. Genoa, on the other hand, returns to the Lanterna with a very positive result: "It wasn't easy to play here against a strong team like Juve and which is experiencing a period like this - Alberto Gilardino's analysis - and we were incredible in terms of spirit and attitude: in the first half we lacked a bit of clarity when we recovered the ball, in the second half there was it was more suffering but it was normal to retreat."
The Grifone has taken another step towards safety, the margin on the third from last has risen to ten points (waiting for the Sassuolo match): "There are 9 games left, we have to think about one at a time to score as many points as possible and arrive at mathematical safety - the coach's response - and we must have the desire to always amaze, this is our thought."
Meanwhile, the issue of his future, whether or not he will remain at the helm of Genoa, remains topical: "There will be a way and time to talk to the managers, I am now enjoying the present and my energies are all for this championship finale - says Gilardino - and I had incredible responses: we were coming off two defeats in a row and we put in a performance like this, it means that there's really a lot of stuff in my boys and for a coach it's wonderful."
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