Bitter cup Tuesday for Juventus and Milan.
In group H of the Champions League the bianconeri were defeated by Maccabi Haifa, who won 2-0 at home thanks to a brace from Atzili.
A knockout that puts Massimiliano Allegri on the grid even more, even if after the game the club decided to renew their trust in the coach, through the voice of Andrea Agnelli himself: "It's one of the most difficult times, I'm very angry and ashamed , we have to apologize to the fans who are ashamed of being seen around ", the words of the Juventus president. He added: "There are no individual responsibilities, it's a group problem. Allegri is and will remain the Juventus coach , our club has always checked at the end of the year. Juventus - he concluded - is a team as a whole. group of 80-90 people, must have the strength to group all together ".
Disappointment also for Milan, defeated in Group E at San Siro by Chelsea, again 2-0 . A match conditioned by the expulsion, after only 20 minutes, of Tomori , after a contrast in the area with Mount, with the German referee Siebert who draws the red and grants a highly contested penalty, transformed by Jorginho. Then the doubling of Aubameyang to close the match.
At the end, Stefano Pioli did not hide his anger : "I told the referee what I thought at the end of the game, I don't speak English so fluently but I think he understood," explained the Rossoneri coach. Adding: "Football is a contact sport, it is never rigor and it is never red" a contrast like that between Tomori and Mount.
With two games to play, Juventus are last in the group with 3 points, tied with Maccabi, with Psg and Benfica ahead, both at 8.
Milan, on the other hand, are 4 points, like Dinamo Zagreb, behind Salzburg (6) and leaders Chelsea (7).
(Unioneonline / lf)
