Successfully Create A Juventus-Roma Ends Imbang, Allegri Praises Mourinho's Education

Jose Mourinho. (Doc AS Roma)

JAKARTA - The meeting between Juventus and AS Roma in the 3rd week of the Italian Serie A ended in a 1-1 draw. The result made Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri acknowledgesutra Jose Mourinho, who made the Old Lady fail to win the perfect points.

He (Jose Mourinho) is a smart and sharp coach in reading the game. If it doesn't end the game, there will always be opportunities to equalize," Allegri said, quoted by Football Italia.

In the match at the Allianz Stadium on Sunday, August 28 in the morning WIB, Juventus as the host actually took the lead when the game had only been running for two minutes through Dusan Vlahovic's free kick. The Bianconeri then successfully defended the advantage until the first half was over.

After halftime, Roma were able to catch up with Tammy Abraham's goal in the 69th minute. This draw then lasted until the long whistle sounded.

The moment at halftime is considered by Allegri to be the time that Jose Mourinho puts in good use to rotate and restructure his strategy after conceding. Allegri admitsmploy Mou because at the end of the match the brand could thwart Juventus' victory.

In addition to praisingch Mourinho, Allegri also saw other mistakes in his squad. The Italian coach realized that Juventus players should not continue to attack since the early minutes, until finally fatigue in the second half.

"Obviously we were tired, after performing so strong in the first half. We should have lowered the tempo of the game and passed the ball. We had to learn and couldn't hope to dominate for 90 minutes," he said.