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Lichtsteiner: Juventus must do better in Champions League

Juventus defender Stephan Lichtsteiner admits they must do better in the Champions League next season.

Juve were dumped out at the group stage last term.

"We had an outstanding season in the league, scoring 102 points and winning all 19 matches at home and 33 out of 38 games overall - the stats speak for themselves," he told FIFA.com.

"But we can't be satisfied with our results on the European stage. We failed to get out of the Champions League group stage despite having a reasonably friendly draw.

"We had a chance to make amends in the Europa League and didn't deliver then either. We had the potential to do better.

"We're largely responsible for that failure. We perform with more focus and confidence in the League, while in Europe, small details play a bigger role and we haven't been able to work them in our favour.

"We made too many individual errors this year, but I'm convinced we won't repeat them next season."

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