Juventus temporarily became the leaders of Serie A thanks to a hard-fought victory (1-0) against Lazio, who fought to be outnumbered for an hour of play before falling harshly to own goal by Mario Gila in the 85th minute.
Unbeaten and with only one goal against eight games, the team Thiago Motta They edged out Naples on goal difference, with tomorrow needing at least a draw when they visit Empoli to reclaim first place.
Lazio, tied with the ‘vecchia Signora’ before visiting Turin, dropped to fifth place after losing this match between the two top teams.
A Juve with many casualties
Thiago Motta was forced to field a very young eleven, with an average age of 24.5 years, due to the absences of Bremer, Koopmeiners, McKennie, Milik and the suspended Francisco Conceiçaoand finally gave the title, the second this season, to Douglas Luiz, signed for 51 million euros this summer.
Red to Romagnoli
Despite the notable absences, more was expected from Juve, especially when in the 24th minute Lazio suffered the dismissal of Alessio Romagnoli for knocking down Pierre Kalulu when he escaped towards the goal after being launched by Dusan Vlahovic in a textbook counterattack.
The match was close until then but, after the dismissal, Juve’s play continued to be flat, unable to create any danger against the retreating opposition, showing how difficult it would be for them to score goals.
Some opportunities in this first part came from Vlahovic’s boot and especially above by middle Federico Gatti, who had the best before the break when he headed high a beautiful cross from Andrea Cambiaso.
Vlahovic, on the crossbar
After the break the game followed the same path, even as the minutes passed Marco Baroni He said he advanced his players a bit. It was certain that Juve had their two best chances in a row.
Almost game time Vlahovic hits the crossbar with whiplash taking advantage of a dead ball after Mario Gila’s rejection, and, two minutes later, Douglas Luiz, alone, He saw how his header from Tim Weah’s cross missed him by millimeters.
Gila’s cruel own goals
Baroni was admitted Pedro Rodríguez in the last period, but Lazio was caught by the push of a Juve that was definitely launched in search of a goal.
It ended in a harsh way for Lazio from then on Gila scored an own goal by deflecting a center from Juan Cabal in the 85th minute.
Juve suffered but the victory was like glory before facing two great games next week: on Tuesday at home against Stuttgart in the Champions League and on Sunday none other than Inter, currently third, two points on behind Juve itself.
match lineup
29
37
32
5
4
15
19
26
9
27
10
94
77
30
6
34
13
18
8
11
19
10
Allianz Stadium
Ivan Provedel94
49′
53′
Adam Marusic77
Nuno Tavares30
77′
46′
53′
Nicolò Rovella6
72′
Crazy Mario34
84′
Alessio Romagnoli13
23′
71′
Gustav Isaksen18
66′
89′
Matteo Guendouzi8
66′
Valentin Castellanos11
Boulaye Dia19
26′
Mattia Zaccagni10
66′
Replacements
Christos Mandas35
Alessio Furlanetto55
72′
Samuel Gigot2
Luca Pellegrini3
77′
71′
Patrick4
26′
53′
59′
Matias Vecino5
66′
93′
53′
Fisayo Dele-Bashiru7
Gaetano Castrovilli22
66′
Peter9
66′
94′
Tijjani Noslin14
Loum Tchaouna20
coach
Thiago Motta
Marco Baroni
Source: La Verdad
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