Arturo Vidal, of Juve, darts past Atletico Madrid’s Saul Niguez.Arturo Vidal, of Juve, darts past Atletico Madrid’s Saul Niguez.

Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri remains confident his side can go far in Europe despite suffering a defeat at Atletico Madrid.

The Italian side dominated long periods of Wednesday’s Champions League match in Spain, but went down 1-0 following Arda Turan’s winner 15 minutes from time.

The result ended Juve’s perfect record this season and left the Turin team level on three points with all three Group A rivals after two games played.

“The group is wide open,” Allegri told www.juventus.it.

“Malmo is the surprise package, having beaten Olympiakos (on Wednesday). There is all to play for.

“We have a good probability to go through to the next round and we just have to take it one game at a time.”

Allegri, who replaced Antonio Conte at the helm this summer, feels there were positives for his side to take from Wednesday’s match.

“From a technical level, my team played a good game,” he said.

“We played to win but Atletico are not an easy side to play against.

“They close down all the spaces and defend very well.

“They’re a powerful side who like to make a battle of it and they commit lots of fouls over the course of the match.

“They were playing at home but didn’t dictate the flow of the game.

“We needed to make sure we weren’t left open to their counter-attacks and by and large the lads did that well, even if it meant having a few shots.

“In the second half we created a few decent openings but couldn’t pick out the right pass in the final third, so we left with nothing to show for our efforts.”

Allegri does not believe Wednesday’s setback will affect his team this weekend.

Juve host unbeaten Roma on Sunday with both teams level on 15 points at the top of the standings.

“Juventus arrive in good shape,” Allegri said.

“We won all five in Serie A and still haven’t conceded there.

“It will certainly be a great game and the defeat to Atletico Madrid will not change the atmosphere in the team.”

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