Monza’s 1-0 win over Italian giants Juventus has made headlines all around the football world.
After securing promotion to Serie A last term, it’s the minnows’ first ever victory in the Italian top flight.
Monza was at the bottom of the table when they entered the match. A clash with Juve presented a great challenge, but the Italian giants suffered a painful afternoon and lost.
Massimiliano Allegri sat in the stands and watched the match after being expelled last Sunday from the 2-2 home draw against Salernitana. Protesting against a VAR goal that is not allowed.
He won’t be impressed with what he saw.
The first half was poor in Monza, with little to no opportunities for either side. However, the game picked up just before halftime when Angel Di Maria was sent away for violent conduct.
The home side increased the pressure on Juve and finally scored the winning goal when Christian Gytkjaer, a veteran striker, scored from close to home to make it 1-0.
Although Juve may have tried to get back in the match, Monza won with 61% of the possession and 17 shots to Juve’s ten.
With the minnows moving off the bottom of Serie A, it’s near-crisis for Juventus who have won just two of their eight competitive fixtures so far this term.
In Allegri’s absence, assistant manager Marco Landucci spoke to the press and gave a frank view, telling DAZN: “We need to do better, certainly.
“We had a few chances to score in the second half, but this is the time where talking doesn’t achieve much, we need to get down to action.”
Reflecting on a week in which Juve also lost to Benfica in the Champions League, he added: “Perhaps the defeat to Benfica was more of a psychological blow than we realised, but again these are excuses and excuses are of no help.
“We just have to shut up and work hard.
“Obviously, nobody is happy right now, but in order to emerge from this situation we can only work hard and do better. We seem to start well and then stop playing, so the only method is to work and everyone raise their game to work in the same direction.”
