Juventus stopped its Serie A bleeding with a pragmatic and lackluster victory over Fiorentina (1-0) that cemented it in third place by extending its advantage over Bologna to four points. Thiago Motta, which opened on Sunday by drawing against Frosinone (0-0).
A solitary goal from Federico Gatti was enough for Juventus to end their difficult nine-game winning streak that not only kept them in the scudetto race but also sealed their qualification for the Champions League in danger. Fiorentina, tenth, has once again turned its back on its European aspirations.
Two goals were disallowed before Gatti’s 1-0 lead
Juventus started the game well, creating danger and in the first quarter of an hour they managed to send the ball into the net twice but with the goals of Weston McKennie and Dusan Vlahovic They were disallowed for offside at the request of VAR. In the second the shot of the Serbian touched Gleison Bremer, that is in an illegal position.
Without playing good football, Juve deserved the goal and finally got it by taking advantage of a set piece again. Philip Kostic From a corner, Bremer’s header hit the post and the center back Federico Gatti, On the rebound, he just needs to push the ball into the net (21′). It was his fourth goal this season in Serie A.
Vlahovic and Chiesa still haven’t marked ‘their’ Fiore
Fiorentina showed no signs of reaction in a flat and predictable game, unable to create chances. Juve, waiting in their field, played comfortably and scored again but Vlahovic’s goal was again disallowed Because his shot hit Bremer before entering the goal, which was offside. The Serbian, apparently Federico Chiesathey are still unable to score a proper goal against their former team, Fiorentina, since arriving from Juve.
In the break Vincenzo Italiano He brought in Maxime Lopez and Riccardo Sottil for Rolando Mandragora and Andrea Belotti. With the changes, Fiorentina had a different attitude and completely took possession against a Juve who gave up the ball and shamelessly came back to maintain the advantage.
Szczesny’s crossbar prevents the tie
The team is used to it Massimiliano Allegri to play like this, to speculate, but this time it was about to cost him dearly. In fact the crossbar prevented the tie when Wojciech Szczesny just deflected a good shot from outside the area Nico Gonzalez with the remaining intervention with a changed hand (74′).
Fiorentina kept getting closer to Juve and due to their persistence they deserved a draw but their luck was not on their side either as, after Szczesny left a loose ball when deflecting a cross , the shot from Lucas Beltran tripped over his companion M’bala Nzola.
Juve ended up achieving their goal against a Fiorentina that had accumulated its fourth consecutive day without a win.
match lineup
1
27
Eleven
6
3
4
16
25
7
9
5
1
33
3
38
4
16
10
5
twenty
72
99
Allianz Stadium
Pietro Terracciano1
68′
74′
Michael Kayode33
83′
58′
Cristiano Biraghi3
Rolando Mandragora38
Four. five’
Nikola Milenkovic4
twenty
Luca Ranieri16
Nicolas Gonzalez10
Giacomo Bonaventura5
58′
Andrea Bellottitwenty
Four. five’
31′
84′
Antonín Barák72
60′
Christian Kouame99
60′
Replacements
Oliver Christensen53
Dodo2
83′
David Faraoni22
Lucas Martinez28
Pietro Comuzzo37
Fabiano Parisi65
Arthur6
Maxim Lopez8
Four. five’
74′
Jonathan IconEleven
Gaetano Castrovilli17
58′
85′
Mr. Infantino19
58′
Alfred Duncan32
84′
Riccardo Sottil7
Four. five’
Lucas Beltran9
60′
92′
M’Bala Nzola18
60′
coach
Massimiliano Allegri
Vincenzo Italiano
Source: La Verdad
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