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Massimiliano Allegri has defended his Juventus players amid their turbulent Serie A season, arguing they deserve greater respect for their performances.
The Bianconeri edged Fiorentina in a 1-0 win on Sunday, with Adrien Rabiot’s first-half finish enough to seal the victory in Turin.
The result comes amid a campaign that has seen Juve’s top-four hopes torpedoed by a 15-point sanction handed down for financial mismanagement off the field.
Allegri, who was seen rowing with a fan during the closing stages, feels his players have shouldered unfair blame for a decision outside of their control, and backed them afterwards.
“I am disappointed, because while most of the crowd is helping the team, there are a few who decide a player is poor and jeer [us],” he told DAZN.
“Players like Moise Kean, Mattia De Sciglio, Leandro Paredes. They are Juventus players, and we need all of them.
“I don’t like people coming to the stadium ready to jeer. That is disrespectful. By all means jeer when we do badly, but not ahead of time.”
The sanction handed down against Juve has left them with a limited shot at both silverware and a place in European competition next year.
Allegri however is not giving up on either front, adding: “The Europa League and the Coppa Italia are objectives, along with climbing back up the table.
“We have to take it one game at a time. It is a new experience, it is interesting to go through, and we’re sticking together.”
Two goals were chalked off throughout the encounter for marginal offside calls by VAR, against Dusan Vlahovic and Gaetano Castrovilli.
In both instances, the pair saw their efforts denied by a matter of millimetres, to which Allegri called for further alterations to the system.
“I think that is the right way to go,” he added to Sky Sport Italia. “We can’t have goals disallowed for hair being offside. We’d all have to get the same haircut as me!”
