Juventus coach Max Allegri was pleased with their 1-0 win against SC Freiburg.

Juve are in control of their Europa League round of 16 tie thanks to Angel Di Maria's first-leg winner.

"I think the lads played very well this evening, with great intensity, good technique and fortunately the goal was handball, otherwise we'd have conceded an equaliser with the only shot on goal!" Allegri told Sky Italia.

“What we do need to do is improve on the final ball, as we often choose the wrong pass or time it wrong, and those are fundamental, otherwise they allow the opponents to get back into shape. It happened a few times and I had a word with Moise Kean as well on that, as he should've released Juan Cuadrado clear on goal. At this level, you cannot get that wrong."

Allegri also said: “It won't be easy away to Freiburg, but what makes me think positive is that we created numerous chances. In the second leg, they will have to take more of the initiative, allow us more spaces and we must take advantage of that.

“We need to be more clinical, as our percentage of goals scored compared to chances created is still too low."