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Maurizio Sarri Slams Juventus Side After Champions League Loss to Lyon

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Maurizio Sarri bemoaned his Juventus side's inability "to understand the importance of moving the ball quickly" after their 1-0 loss to Lyon on Wednesday in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League last-16 tie.

Juve were widely expected to brush Lyon aside in the first knockout round given the French outfit sit a lowly seventh in Ligue 1.

But the Old Lady now have work to do in the second leg in Turin on March 17 if they are to reach the quarter-finals and keep their dream alive of winning Europe's biggest prize for the first time in 24 years.