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Juventus coach Allegri pleased with victory over Fiorentina

Juventus coach Max Allegri was delighted with their 1-0 defeat of Fiorentina.

Juan Cuadrado struck in injury time for Juve. The goal coming after Nikola Milenkovic saw red for Fiorentina.

"I am pleased with the performance of the whole team, but especially Rugani, who barely played at all this season. Luca Pellegrini also did well off the bench," Allegri told DAZN.

“We held out well on a psychological level. We should be angry at the points we dropped along the way this season, which we would've taken home with a different mentality and attitude. We must be pleased today, but also still have that anger we dropped those points.

“I think we had three or four chances in the first half where we chose the wrong final ball. This victory boosts confidence, but absolutely must not lower the level of concentration. If anything, it has to remind us that to win games, we need to fight to the end.

“Morata created some good situations, he scored a disallowed goal and only could've done better on Danilo's cross, realising he had to attack the near post rather than the back. He should've read that situation better."

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