Juventus are not in crisis, insists Conte

Juventus coach Antonio Conte has insisted that the Serie A champions are not in crisis following their 2-1 Champions League defeat at the hands of Real Madrid on Wednesday evening.


Two goals from Cristiano Ronaldo, either side of a Fernando Llorente effort for the Bianconeri, saw los Blancos take all three ponts.

The result means Juve have yet to record their first win in European club football's elite competition this season, but Conte feels that his men showed they have what it takes to compete with the very best, regardless of the final result.

'Last year we were outclassed by Bayern while this season we played a great game against a team who are more or less at the same level as the European champions,' Conte said at a press conference.
'So I don't think we are in crisis as many said on the eve of the game – quite the opposite actually.
'We played at the same level as Madrid and we could even have won. Now everything is certainly more difficult but we proved we can be competitive against any opponent.

'We proved we can play at this level if we really want to. We only lost due to a couple of small details, a couple of things that did not go our way.'