The team of Massimiliano Allegri fought to a 1-1 draw in Portugal on Thursday, securing their spot in the semifinals of the Europa League.
Despite the fact that Juventus' 1-1 draw at Sporting CP allowed the Bianconeri to advance to the Europa League's round of four, Massimiliano Allegri urged his team to show more aggression.
Juve entered the second leg at the Estadio Jose Alvalade with a slim 1-0 lead after Federico Gatti's goal earned them victory in the rematch last week at the Allianz Stadium.
An early goal by Adrien Rabiot doubled Juve's lead in the match after they learned before Thursday's game that their 15-point deduction from Serie A for financial infractions had been suspended. Marcus Edwards pulled one back for Sporting, but Juve held on to advance to a semifinal matchup with Sevilla.
Allegri urged his team they must be more decisive going forward after missing several opportunities to end the draw in the second half, despite securing a spot in the final four in Europe for the first time since 2017.
We advanced to the semifinals, therefore it was a nice day, the Juve coach told Sky Sport Italia. "We struggled, but we made progress in the first part of the second half.
But in terms of our chances, we need to perform better. We hurried the play in the box, and it would have benefitted from greater patience. We need to improve because we didn't shoot well outside the box.
We anticipated it would be challenging, but we achieved a good outcome.
Sevilla, who has won the competition's most trophies with six, is the squad that stands between Allegri's team and the final on May 31 in Budapest.
In order to go to the semifinals, Sevilla defeated Manchester United 5-2 overall, but Allegri claims he had anticipated this outcome.
His next European opponents, Sevilla, "I expected to be honest," he stated."They play well and possess superb ball control. They are a dangerous team.
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