Allesandro del Piero watched Juventus suffer a 4-3 loss at the hands of Benfica last night and insists they did not have a good game for most of the match.
Juve needed to win that game to keep their Champions League hopes up, but suffered their second loss in as many games against the Portuguese side this season.
The host started the game better than Max Allegri’s men and took the lead before Juve stopped them.
But the local team was relentless and played as if they needed the game more.
They eventually went 3-1 up and scored the fourth before Juve made a late push and scored twice to set up a nervy finish.
But Benfica were good enough to win and Del Piero insists that Juve did not have the best game.
He said through Tuttomercatoweb:
“The last 20 minutes gave a bit of hope because he saw himself fighting and scoring, but the general reflection of the game is very bad. The first half was dominated by Benfica as well as part of the second. Juve had the possibility of 4-4, but it is also true that they had the possibility of making the fifth. Benfica largely dominated”.
Juve FC says
We got off to a bad start in that game, as we have so many times this season and we need to do better.
We must learn from that mistake and start our next matches much better, or else we will suffer the same result in them.
