Juventus coach Max Allegri was left frustrated after their 1-1 draw with Nantes in the first-leg of their Europa League playoff.
Dusan Vlahovic had Juve 1-0 ahead before Ludovic Blas’ equaliser.
Allegri told Sky Italia, “We could’ve done better with the way we moved the ball around. After taking the lead, we stopped, we moved the ball in slow motion. Only once we conceded the equaliser on a counter-attack did we switch back on again.
“You cannot control the ball in a tiny patch of turf, you have to move it around, make it move at more than 1mph, the ball was just rolling at times. Once we started moving it with pace, you saw that we created scoring opportunities.
“There were several chances to make it 2-1, but we need to be consistent and score more goals, especially in this game. There’s no point crying over spilt milk now, it won’t help one bit. We need to earn our qualification in France.”
Angel Di Maria had an opportunity to score for 2-0 before Blas’ equaliser.
“Di Maria could’ve had a shot, he tried to dribble, then it was better to just go for the foul earlier. It had been coming, because we were static, we moved the ball too slowly and that goal woke us up,” added Allegri.
“It was a good goal from Nantes too, not an easy finish at all.”
