Sarri Laments For Juventus Blackout At The San Siro

JAKARTA - The Juventus coach, Maurizio Sarri, regretted the appearance of his team after the Serie A leaders lost 2-4 to their rivals AC Milan. Sarri said, the Bianconeri experienced a blackout, aka totally dead.

Juve come to the San Siro determined to continue their positive trend. Two goals in six minutes from Adrien Rabiot and Cristiano Ronaldo gave the reigning champions a 2-0 lead up to 53 minutes.

However, Milan turned the game around by scoring three goals in five minutes to take a 3-2 lead. Ante Rebic then ensured the Rossoneri's incredible comeback as well as sealed the victory of Stefano Pioli's men with 10 minutes remaining.

"I think our first 60 minutes were world class. We were in full control and then had a blackout," Sarri told DAZN as he discussed Juve's collapse.

"There's no point in thinking too much about this (defeat), because we have another game in three days.

"We had a blackout for 15 minutes. It happened to other teams in this period. We have to take the positives of this game, which is we are in full control for an hour.

"It's usually impossible to find the reason for this inexplicable blackout."

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The former Chelsea architect added that he has seen many other teams experiencing the same blackout recently. This is due to unusual playing and training situations, especially with regard to temperature. Not to mention the question of the number of matches that are close together.

No less important from this match, Juve conceded four goals to Milan for the first time since 1989.

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"This is completely different from the defeats against Verona and Napoli, so we have to focus on the next game. This is a team that has very good playing ability and that's what we need to build."

Despite the defeat, the Scudetto holder remains seven points clear at the top of the table with seven games remaining. The reason is, Lazio's second place failed to make a breakthrough following the shocking 1-2 defeat of Lecce.

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Asked if Lazio's result made Juve complacent, Sarri replied: "I don't think it makes a difference. Instead, we are focused on taking on most of the game. I don't even think we relaxed after going 2-0 up, (because if relaxed) it was punishment. which triggers the blackout. "