Soccer-Juventus suffer shock home loss to Monza
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Jan 29 (Reuters) -Juventus suffered another blow in their bid for Champions League qualification as they slumped to a 2-0 home defeat by Monza in Serie A on Sunday.
Juventus are languishing 13th in the standings with 23 points, two places behind Monza.
Massimiliano Allegri's side have not been able to recover momentum after being docked 15 points this month following an investigation into the club's transfer dealings. They are 15 points behind AC Milan in the last Champions League qualification spot.
"Every game is decisive, we need to get out of this vortex as quickly as possible. We have one point from three rounds and that should not happen. We were unbeaten at home until now. Monza are a good side, but we cannot concede those two goals so softly," Allegri told DAZN.
Gianluca Caprari thought he had given Monza the lead after 10 minutes, but he was ruled offside by VAR when he got the pass inside the box
The visitors did score after18 minutes when Jose Machin sent a well-timed through ball to Patrick Ciurria, who shot high into the net.
Dany Mota doubled Monza's lead six minutes before halftime when he got the ball inside the box, rounded Juve keeper Wojciech Szczesny and put the ball into the empty net.
Juve dominatedthe second half but were repeatedly denied by Monza keeper Michele Di Gregorio who made a particularly fine save from Manuel Locatelli's shot.
"We were sluggish and didn’t even react after the first goal they had disallowed, which was a warning. We’ve been making too many mistakes and haven’t had the right mentality, but the attitude in the second half was completely different," Allegri said.
"I don’t think we’d ever played a first half like that and we should reflect on that. It went better after the break, but we must admit responsibility for the overall performance."
Reporting by Tommy Lund in Gdansk, editing by Ed Osmond
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