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Max Allegri trying to build Juventus to contend for the next '4 or 5 years'

Juventus manager Max Allegri said he's trying to build a team for the next "four or five years" after his side captured their first trophy of the season on Saturday.

New signings Mario Mandzukic and Paulo Dybala scored as Juventus beat Lazio 2-0 to win the Italian Supercoppa in Shanghai.

"We made some good summer signings, it takes patience for the team to gel completely," Allegri told Rai Sport after the game. "I can only thank the lads for their performance today."

The goal scoring duo were just part of Juventus' busy transfer window that has also seen Simone Zaza, Roberto Pereyra and Sami Khedira join the club, among others.

And Allegri said after Saturday's game that he's still not resting on his laurels in the final weeks of the transfer window as he looks to the future.

"It depends on the players worthy of Juventus who we can get, then we must evaluate their characteristics," Allegri said.

"We are building a Juve that can have a future for the next four or five years, otherwise we may as well stick with the team we've got."

Allegri hailed his side's character in the win over Lazio, last year's Serie A runners-up.

"I'm very happy for the lads, who adapted well to the terrible conditions of the pitch. We needed a performance of character," Allegri said.

"We had some good chances, one we wasted horribly and two that we took well. It was important to win today because we had some new players who need to settle in and were missing some others.

"The Super Cup is an important trophy and it's always a pleasure to win."