Juventus put aside its inconsistency and fully entered the fight for the leadership of Serie A after winning 2-0 in the ‘Derbi de la Molle’ against a Torino whose defeat at the Allianz Stadium, where they have never won, was extended by another. season.
Juve is temporarily two points behind the leader, an Inter who stumbled at home against Bologna (2-2), awaiting the result that Milan will get tonight when it visits Genoa.
This is not an easy game for Juve, without the injured Dusan Vlahovic and Federico Chiesa in the attack. Massimiliano Allegri chose a single striker, Moise Kean, who returned to the Italian team after being called up on Friday by Luciano Spalletti for the first time since October 2021, at the expense of Arkadiusz Milik, first on the bench.
kean scored in the 4th minute with a whip into the top corner but the goal was disallowed by VAR when accepting an advanced position. Except in this game, Juventus did not create a danger in the first half, despite more dominance, against a Torino that knew how to close some attacking avenues and never suffered in defense.
Milik comes in and Milinkovic-Savic hangs in two corners
At half-time Allegri decided to bring on Milik Instead of a midfielder, Fabio Miretti, and Juve began to play with two strikers. The change had an immediate impact even though the goal came from a set piece.
Vanja Milinkovic-Savic failed in his start after a corner and, after the chaos caused by Kean’s first forced shot, Federico Gatti took the ball into the net on his second attempt (47′). The goal was validated by VAR after analyzing the game.
The goal led to Juve, who managed to extend their advantage with a header from owned but the shot was centered and Milinkovic-Savic was allowed to deflect it for a corner.
But The Serbian goalkeeper failed again with his clearance from the corner allowing Milik would beat him to the punch and this time head for the net. (62′).
A Torino without a punch
Unlike on other occasions, Juve did not relax or lose concentration against a Torino team that, despite the entry of Antonio Salabria, was simply too a shot between three sticks throughout the game in the 86th minute, when Duvan Zapata he had to intervene without a problem Wojciech Szczesnywhich is another viewer.
Source: La Verdad
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