Lippi:"Juventus is amongst the favorites in the Champions League, the team has improved"

"Juventus amongst the favorites in the Champions League? It's not outrageous to say" according to Marcelo Lippi the last manager to win the European competition with the bianconeri. The Tuscan manager discussed Max Allegri's recent tactical switch in an interview with Gazzetta dello Sport:"I knew he was thinking about it. He was considering using Dybala, Mandzukic and Higuain together like the big clubs in Europe who use three strikers. But he went beyond that by using another striker in Cuadrado and an offensive midfielder like Pjanic. He did well by implementing this gradually for the second half of the season, the one decisive for the Champions. Allegri operates with extreme intelligence not all managers do that"