Alessandro Matri, former Juventus striker under Antonio Conte, explained in an interview with `Pressing` the reasons for the coach`s departure. He referenced Conte`s recent comments about Napoli: `With Kvaratskhelia, the Scudetto would be closer. At Juventus too, when Conte left, he sought to increase the squad`s quality for the Champions League. His frustrations are always about this – the lack of planning, even though they had a great transfer window. His anger? It comes from the risk of not winning. But through tough training sessions, he also trains the mentality. In the moment, it feels like he`s killing us, exhausting us, but he strengthens your character, and the team reacts, doesn`t give up, even when playing poorly.”
Riccardo Trevisani, a commentator for Mediaset, responded, recalling that Juventus reached the Champions League final without Conte: “But if you say he wanted more quality for the Champions League and he doesn`t like this squad, then Allegri with the squad he supposedly didn`t like, reaches the Champions League final. Conte`s statement is avoidable, you are fighting for the Scudetto, everything is going well, why make such statements?”.