Juventus coach Max Allegri insists the Scudetto was never a realistic target this season.

Allegri has been criticised for the way Juve’s season has fallen away since the New Year.

After victory over Fiorentina, he said: “We had 62 points, those are evidently what we deserve. We made mistakes in a crucial period of the season, but Juventus are in a process with many young players. It’s one thing to deal with 30-year-old players, another with 18-year-olds.

“That’s fairly obvious, I don’t see why I should even need to point it out.

“These are extraordinary lads, we have the objective of Champions League qualification and are on track. Perhaps seeing how the season went, we had too many points early in the season and too few in the second stage.”