Juventus Pirlo: "We have a lack of experienced players, and the loss of focus is normal"

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Juventus drew for the second time against Verona this season. The match ended 1-1, with Juventus conceding the equalizier to Barak after Ronaldo gave the bianconeri the lead. Afterwards, coach Andrea Pirlo spoke to Dazn to give his analysis: "It's upsetting. We knew that this would be a dirty match. It's a shame, because we were able to do the most difficult thing, to earn an advantage. We lacked a little aggressiveness, we need to close down the player attempting the cross, it's the small things that young players must learn. When you are in the lead you need to focus on securing the win.

"There is experience missing from the team, with so many young players. There are not many who speak up and who know how to see out the match. I asked Ronaldo and Alex Sandro to make themselves heard. It's a shame to drop two points."

"We didn't have enough replacements on the bench. Di Pardo isn't a fullback, and when we started to lose agressiveness with Chiesa and Demiral we started getting into danger. We knew that Verona's intensity would cause us to spend up energy. We are playing many matches close together and with few players, it's normal that focus will drop."

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