Juventus got a very hard and important 1-0 victory over Lazio for day 8 of Serie A, temporarily (they have a bigger game) Napoli at the top of the standings.
The game started at a fairly good pace but without any classic chances in front of the two goals. In the 23rd minute, Juventus took a very important advantage as Alessio Romagnoli was sent off with a straight red card, leaving Lazio with ten men. Vlahovic threatened immediately with a direct free kick that went wide in the 26th minute, and Gatti in the 43rd minute failed to open the scoring either. In the replay, naturally, Juventus took control of the game and limited Lazio to very low standards. Vlahovic came within a breath of 1-0 but his 57th-minute shot was blocked by the post, from which Douglas Luiz’s header two minutes later went wide. In the period that followed, Lazio defended exemplary, but in the 84th minute a moment of bad luck and lack of action from Mario Hilla, who put the ball into his team’s net, was enough to make the final 1-0 in favor of Juventus.
Juventus: Di Gregorio, Campal, Savona (54’Wea), Kalulu, Gatti (73’Danilo), Locatelli (54’Fazioli), Turam (72′ Andzic), Campiaso, Yildiz, Douglas Luiz, Vlahovic.
Lazio: Provendel, Tavares (78’Pellegrini), Marusic, Romagnoli, Hilla, Guduzzi (67’Vesino), Rovella, Zacagni (67’Castrovili), Isaksen (67’Pedro), Dia (27’Patric), Castellanos.
League A schedule and results for matchday 8:
Saturday, October 19
Genoa – Bologna 2-2
Com – Parma 1-1
Milan – Udine 1-0
Juventus – Lazio 1-0
Sunday, October 20
13:30 Empoli – Naples
16:00 Lecce – Fiorentina
16:00 Venice – Atalanta
19:00 Cagliari – Turin
21:45 Roma – Inter
Monday, October 21
21:45 Verona – Monza
See the Serie A standings by clicking here.//AF.