UEFA Champions League news: Allegri needs "something extraordinary" for Juventus

Juventus are capable of producing "something extraordinary" this season after their loss to Atletico Madrid in the last 16 Champions League first leg match, head coach Mbadimiliano said. Allegri.

The leaders of Serie A were beaten 2-0 at Wanda Metropolitano on Wednesday. Jose Gimenez and Diego Godin put Atleti in a dominant position to qualify for the quarter-finals.

Juve to have they have won only twice in their last five games in all competitions, a race that includes a 3-0 Coppa Italia exit against Atalanta and a defeat in the Champions League.

Allegri, however, thinks his team can prepare for a comeback against Atletico if it wins its next three league matches against Bologna, Naples and Udinese.

"We have 20 days to prepare for this great challenge [against Atleti]", he said at a press conference Saturday.

"It will surely be a great evening, I do not know if we'll go or not, we'll see 11 pm March 12, but we must do everything we can to make sure we are in the best possible state in the next three Serie A games.

"[Sunday] is another important match because we have to go to the match in Naples with an unchanged lead. It will be a good game to play, then we will have Udinese, then Atletico. We are lucky to live these 20 days. If you win all the matches, which is impossible, life would be flat and boring.

"So we had a good shock, it was not easy before and it will not be easy on March 12, because we are facing a team that has won a lot over the last nine years, so March 12, which is THE challenge, we must do everything we can to try to remedy the situation.

"The only certainty that I have is that we will be ready on March 12. I think we have a good chance of succeeding, we have to transform what happened in Madrid into a opportunity to do something extraordinary. "

Allegri also denied any suggestion that Juve's recent setbacks had questioned his future at the club.

"I had fun so far at Juventus, as we won eight of the nine trophies in Italy, I had fun, and the moment I'm not having fun is the moment I'm in." "Stop," he said.

"Life is like that, it takes ups and downs to make it interesting, it's not like the Scudetto was delivered to us."

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Allegri plans to rest some of his key players against Bologna, but Miralem Pjanic will probably be absent due to illness and Cristiano Ronaldo could be left out.

"Pjanic is half dead right now and we have practically given him the last sacraments, so I currently have two midfielders two and a half years!" said Allegri.

"I have to evaluate if Cristiano Ronaldo is resting, the only thing I'm sure of is that Mattia Perin will start, Giorgio Chiellini must also be evaluated, Joao Cancelo will play."