Giorgio Chiellini has commented on Juventus’ poor campaign in the Champions League after Benfica knocked them out of the competition in the group stage.
Combining the UCL and Serie A has seemed like too much for them this term and Chiellini thinks they should now focus on the league.
Having seen his terrible defeat in Lisbon, the defender said via Tuttomercatoweb:
“Juve is not solid, now focus on Serie A”
Juve FC says
Chiellini has had a long career with ups and downs, which makes him experienced enough to advise on our current situations.
He knows that playing too many competitions can be tricky, especially if you don’t have the team depth to run some games.
What Juve need now is to focus on domestic success, even if it means not playing in the Europa League.
The fans will forget our doomed European season if we win the league and cup double.
This is because we never really had a chance to win the Champions League, so taking part in it was just a gamble.
The Europa League will stretch our players and reduce our chance of finishing in the top four in Serie A.
It will be interesting to see if our players will recover when they face Lecce in their next game.
