Soccer-Big teams like Juve can have bad seasons, says Allegri

(Reuters) - Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri insisted even big clubs like his one can endure bad seasons, and he remains happy with how his team are progressing overall.

Serie A's most successful club are out of the running to win the Scudetto this term, and will finish the campaign trophyless for the first time since 2010-11.

Fourth spot is assured, however, and Juve still have a chance of finishing third.

"This season has been a failure, I'm hearing," Allegri told a news conference on Sunday ahead to his side's clash with Lazio. "When you're at Juve, it is normal that there are high expectations, but such years happen.

"In the meantime we achieved Champions League qualification, which seems like a trivial objective but it's not. It is 11 consecutive years that Juve has taken part in the Champions League and it's an important result.

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