Massimiliano Allegri expects more from Rafael Leao

There is regret in Massimiliano Allegri&#8217s words but not for the penalty missed by Pulisic: “I didn&#8217t even see how he kicked, but it&#8217s not the mistake itself, penalties are missed. It’s that we had a balanced first half, where they closed the spaces very well and the circulation of the ball was very slow, but above all we were attacking the defensive line very little with the midfielders”.

“In the second half I think we also grew physically and we had several chances although the first chance they had it on the ball left inside the area where Maignan made a great save on Gatti. But then in the decisive moment when we had Juventus in hand we could have had more nastiness in scoring. The positive side is that we did not take goals, that we extend the positive streak. The negative side is that at a certain time of the game you have to be bad”.

Chapter Leao: “The first week of work was this here after 45 days out. Last week I had to bring him in out of necessity because there’was Estupinan&#8217s ejection, Pulisic&#8217s substitution, so I didn&#8217t throw in a change I put him in and it didn&#8217t hurt. Then he worked well all week, he has to find his condition, because we need him and Nkunku a lot, technical players who can solve games for us”.

“It is not a new position, already in Lille he played as a center forward. On Modric’s cutback he made a wonderful movement, then there he has to score goals. He has to make a jump, when he arrives in the area he has to determine”, the closing remark with grooming to the Portuguese.