Juventus’ recovery journey continues tonight (Sunday). The old lady went into the break with a sixth victory in a row, when this time, she did it in a top battle against one of the hottest teams in the league, Lazio, and with a convincing and justified 0:2, she rose to third place in Serie A.
Juventus looks simply excellent since the elimination from the Champions League. Once again, the Old Lady didn’t miss the injured Dushan Vlahovic, with Moisa Keane continuing to deliver the goods up front. After giving them a midweek victory against Verona, the Italian striker continued his dream week when he scored in the 43rd minute from Adrien Rabio’s header.
In the second half the trend continued. Juventus continued to control the pace and be more dangerous and already in the 54th minute Keane completed a pair with a push from close range. In the 90th minute came the send-off that every Juve fan was waiting for, when Federico Caesa, who is still recovering from the long injury he experienced, scored the third for Arkadiusz Milik. This result lasted until the end, as mentioned on the way to Juve’s sixth victory in a row, which closes the round in third place with 31 points, only two below the champion Milan and ten below the leader Napoli. Lazio of Surrey will see the World Cup from fourth place.
Rome – Turin 1:1
What a huge drama we got tonight (Sunday) at Olimpico. After the restless week that passed, with a loss in the derby and a draw against Sassuolo, which was followed by a surprising statement by Jose Mourinho claiming that one of the team’s players did not give his all, when according to reports in Italy it was Rick Kresdrup, the team squeezed 1:1 from Torino deep in extra time.
In the 55th minute, Karol Linti put Torino in the lead, when at that stage Roma had a hard time cracking the stubborn and tough team of Ivan Jurich who had already caused trouble for the majors this season. Paulo Dybala, who returned from injury for the first time when he came off the bench in the 70th minute, introduced a change in the Giallorossi’s game and in extra time squeezed a penalty. Unfortunately for him, Andrea Bellotti hit the bar against his former team.
But two minutes later, the Roman equalizer nevertheless came, when Nemanja Matic scored in the 94th minute and set up a dramatic division of points, when he kicked in the rebound after Dybala’s kick to the crossbar. Roma, with a third game in a row without a win, will go into the break a moment from the seventh place, with 27 points, when it is 4 points away from Inter in the fourth place marked by the capital at the beginning of the season.
Monza – Salernitana 0:3
Newcomer show. Carlos Agosto scored the first in the 24th minute from a header by Dani Mota who doubled even before the break (35). Until the end, Antonio Canderaba was sent off for the visitor, when a minute later Matteo Pesina determined the result of the game from the penalty spot. A convincing victory for Monza, which moves away from the bottom with 16 points already, Salernitana in 12th place with 17 points.
Another result: Verona – Spezia 2:1