Although the Turin giants are seven points away from the leaders, the Italian midfielder has not given up on winning the title.
Juventus head coach Andrea Pirlo has criticized the display of his players after the 2-0 loss against Inter on Sunday.
The San Siro club ran into the lead through Arturo Vidal in the first half before Nicolo Barella scored shortly after the break.
Defeat leaves Juve in fifth place in the Serie A position, seven points behind co-leaders AC Milan and Inter.
Pirlo launched an attack on his players after the game.
“It’s a bad loss, we couldn’t have been worse than expected and we need to raise our heads and prepare for Wednesday and the Supercoppa against Naples,” he said. e Sky Italia Sports.
“We got the wrong idea from the start and when you don’t have the determination to win duels, it becomes difficult,” he continued.
“We didn’t step on the pitch, we were scared, we were afraid of the Inter attack, so in our minds we were only focusing on defense and we weren’t even very aggressive with that. in addition. We let Inter take the initiative and they became devastating in those situations.
“The quality of individuals cannot be shining if you match the front against offensive and determination first. We didn’t do that and it showed. ”
Pirlo is not going to admit that he won the race for the title, however.
“Our intentions are as they are,” he said. “He’s going against a strong opponent, those things happen, but it’s the idea that disappoints me. A side like Juventus must come here with a certain confidence and ambition, the desire to take the initiative forward and lead the game in a particular direction, but we were too lazy.
“We were too slow in passing and above all we did it with our defenders rather than the midfielders. We wanted to create the situation where [Federico] Chiesa could bring men forward or [Aaron] Ramsey could go between the lines. That didn’t happen, because we moved it too slowly and too deep, so we didn’t pull Inter players out of position. We were predictable.
“The coach is always the first to take the blame, because if the team didn’t do what we expected, it means we wouldn’t understand the plan.
“We were disruptive on the opening goal, we didn’t follow through and they were caught out. It became more difficult from there. ”