UEFA Champions League

ALLEGRI: "WE WANT TO QUALIFY"

Massimiliano Allegri faced the media in Juventus' pre-match press conference before the Champions League match against Valencia tomorrow night.

"We are looking to qualify tomorrow and then finish in first place. Valencia has grown compared to the first leg, especially on a mental level. Now they have confidence because they have only lost one game out of 10 and that means that are strong and organised. They are a solid team which plays a lot on the counter. It won't be easy, because even if we're winning they still have the quality to get back into it, so we will have to be careful and not fall asleep like we did against Manchester United".

The Bianconeri coach about the line-up: "Matuidi and Chiellini will come back in, but it won't be easy to leave someone out because everyone is playing well, on Saturday the team responded well. Cuadrado for example is also learning to play box-to-box and that will be very useful for us. The important thing is that everyone has the common goal of getting to the latter stages of every competition. De Sciglio took a knock and I will evaluate tomorrow whether to put him on the bench or not. I'm expecting a good game from Dybala, as well as the whole team. We have improved up speeding up our play but we have to keep going and we're working on it".

Allegri spoke also about Gianluca Vialli: "I wish Gianluca all the very best. He has shown to be a fighter both on and off the pitch. In these 'matches' it takes a lot of character in order to beat the opponent but I'm sure that Luca will do it".

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