Massimiliano Allegri criticized The Yellow Submarine's style of play when Juventus were eliminated

Juventus were eliminated by Villarreal in the last 16 of the Champions League. Massimiliano Allegri criticized the game displayed by The Yellow Submarine.

Juventus vs Villarreal is presented in the second leg of the Champions League last 16 2021/2022 at Allianz Stadium, Thursday (17/3/2022). The two teams drew 1-1 in the first leg at the Estadio de la Ceramica.

Appearing dominant, Juventus actually fell 0-3 to Villarreal. Gerard Moreno (78' penalty), Pau Torres (85') and Arnaut Danjuma (90+2' penalty) scored the winning goals for the visitors.

These results led Villarreal to qualify for the Champions League quarter-finals with a 4-1 aggregate victory. Meanwhile, Juventus had to bury their dream of winning their first Big Ear trophy in 25 years.

Juventus coach, Massimiliano Allegri, spoke about his team's defeat to Villarreal. He thinks his team has played well, but it's still not enough.

On the one hand, Allegri commented on Villarreal's game in the second half. He assessed that Unai Emery's foster children were more likely to survive in order to aim for a draw.

"For 75 minutes the team has done well. In the second half we were more focused and they surprised us on the counter-attack," said Allegri after the Juventus vs Villarreal duel, quoted from Marca.

"In the Champions League these things can happen, but I can't say anything to the players because they played a good game. You have to accept the result, that's football. Unfortunately, sometimes it goes well for you and sometimes it doesn't." add.

"In the second half their nine players were behind the ball and they had nothing to do with it. Villarreal didn't even look for a counter-attack, they locked themselves in at the back."

"They may have wanted to draw for 90 minutes, but our ingenuity allowed them to progress and when you are down in the Champions League it is always difficult to turn things around," said Massimiliano Allegri.