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All eyes on Olympiakos, says Juventus' Pereyra

Reuters

MILAN - Juventus midfielder Roberto Pereyra said the Italian champions' focus has already turned to their Champions League clash away to Olympiakos in the wake of a 1-1 draw with Sassuolo.

Juve's 13-match unbeaten run came to an end in Reggio-Emilia on Saturday as the league strugglers battled for a share of the points.

Juventus now hold a one-point lead over title challengers Roma at the top of Serie A after the Giallorossi's 3-0 win over Chievo.

But Argentinian Pereyra, who is on loan at Juve from Udinese, told juventus.com: "It was a difficult game for us but we now need to turn our attention to an important encounter in Athens.

"We tailed off in the second-half tonight, yet still kept plugging away and trying to play our game.

"We had chances to score and unfortunately we weren't able to."

Juve travel to Athens on the back of a 1-0 Champions League defeat away to Atletico Madrid, having claimed a 2-0 win over Malmo in their Group A opener.

Massimiliano Allegri's side sit second in the group although all four teams have so far collected three points from two games so far.

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