He Juventus skylinejust four months after a 15-point penalty blackened his season, he now appears clearer than expected after victory over Hellas Verona (1-0) which puts him very much in the fight to get into Europe.
When the points sanction came into effect at the end of November, finishing in the top six was a challenge that seemed difficult for Massimiliano Allegri’s team.
But quietly and based more on effectiveness than brilliance, also taking advantage of the mistakes made by the teams at the top of the table, ‘Juve’ are now seventh, four points behind Milan, fourth, with a game in hand which is less, who must play against the mighty Napoli.
The ‘Vecchia Signora’ added their third straight victory in Serie A, the eighth in the last nine clashes counting all competitions, against a Hellas Verona occupying the eighteenth position and running out of options to save the category.
Allegri did so without Vlahovic and Di María from the start, reserving them for the first leg of the Coppa Italia semifinal against Inter, and with Barrenenchea in midfield, making his debut as a first-team player .
The Turin team dominated in front of their fans, but they were unable to execute their dominance in the first act, giving life to a Hellas Verona that found itself better and more often disturbing the goal defended by Szczesny, always without success.
It wasn’t until the second half that ‘Juve’ managed to tip the balance in their favour. He also did it with a great collective play in between Square, Miretti and a Locatelli key to filter out Kean, who in turn was almost a small-town hitter Montiopo to seal victory.
A victory which, as is almost always the case when ‘Juve’ are in the lead, was not really comfortable for the locals. Allegri brought on Vlahovic and Di María to finish, but the game broke down, becoming a constant back-and-forth in which the visitors equalized, but Szczesny managed to keep the result.
Mary said He was in charge of leading the counters in the superiority that was not taken advantage of by a Juventus that saw how Bremer failed in front of the goal and how he lost control of the game in the last bars.
The black-and-white team, again more effective than attractive, achieved three key points for the future of a season in which they are already stalking the European positions and in which there is still possibility of recovering fifteen penalty points. ‘Juve’ are already in the fight for Europe.
— Data sheet:
1 – Juventus: Szczesny; Gatti, Bremer, Danilo; Square, Fagioli, Barrenechea (Miretti, m.46), Locatelli, De Sciglio; Kean (Vlahovic, m.60) and Milik (Di María, m.60).
0 – Hellas Verona: Montipò; Dawidowicz, Ceccherini (Cabal, m.67), Magnani; Faraoni (Terracian, m.81), Tameze, Veloso (Verdi, m.66), Depaoli (Doig, m.67); Lasagna (Ngonge, m.78), Doubt; Gaich.
Goal: 1-0, m.56: Kean.
Referee: M. Marchetti. He showed a yellow card to Kean (m.59) of Juventus; and to Depaoli (m.44) and Gaich (m.58), from Hellas Verona.
Incidents: match corresponding to the twenty-eighth day of Serie A played at the Juventus Stadium in Turin
Source: La Verdad
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