Juventus said goodbye to its public with a draw against Lazio that closes an era. The Vecchia Signora will finish this Serie A in fourth place, without winning a title for the first time in the last decade, and next year they will start again without two columns, whose goodbyes were very different.
Giorgio Chiellini left with a big smile. The 37-year-old centre-back joined Juve in 2005, and after 17 seasons, 19 trophies, 560 games, he decided the time had come to leave. It is not yet known if he will hang up his boots or continue playing for another team, but the club organized a farewell for him in style. There was a tifo (“Chi3llo”) for him, videos, even a special shirt and a special moment at 17′, the same number of his courses as a bianconero. Allegri put him in the headlines and replaced him right at that minute, to give him a well-deserved ovation. After the final whistle, his farewell ceremony continued.
The separation with Paulo Dybala was more complicated. The Argentine, yesterday, made it clear that his idea was to stay “much longer”, but the club decided to let him go as a free agent and there were no official initiatives during the match for his last time against the tifosi. Vlahovic took care, however, to make a great dedication to his partner, with whom he had a perfect connection since his arrival.
The striker headed a Morata center into the net and made a ‘Dybala Mask’, indicating the Argentine and hugging him. The Spaniard, whose future is still up in the air, extended the lead afterwards with a marvelous thread that was worth his twelfth goal this season. Allegri wants me to continue and to know if it will be possible.
Lazio, who needed points to seal their qualification for the Europa League, started the second half better, closing the gap with a header from Patric deflected into an own goal by Alex Sandro.
During the final arreón of the laziali, Dybala’s last passage also took place, who left the pitch in the 78th minute, replaced by the young Palumbo, and he did it between his tears and the embrace of all his companions. Separating from what was his home for seven courses, with 291 games, 115 goals and 12 titles, hurts him, and it shows. The desire of Lazio had a prize on the horn, when a loss by Cuadrado activated a counterattack completed by Milinkovic-Savic, who pushed a Perin rebound between the sticks, scoring the goal that makes the participation of the Romans official in the next Europa League. A mole, the umpteenth, in the complicated season of Juventus. Allegri has worsened Pirlo’s performance. No one would have said that a year ago.
Changes
Matthijs de Ligt (17 ‘, Chiellini), Pedro (51 ‘, Jovane Cabral), Ake (61 ‘, Manuel Locatelli), Kean (61′, Dusan Vlahovic), Luca Pellegrini (61′, Morata), Toma Basic (75′, Luis Alberto), Lucas Leiva (76 ‘, Cataldi), Martin Palumbo (77 ‘, Paulo Dybala), I’m glad (83 ‘, Manuel Lazzari)
goals
1-0, 9′: Dusan Vlahovic2-0, 35′: Morata2-1, 50′: Alex Sandro2-2, 95′: Milinkovic-Savic
cards
Referee: Giovanni Ayroldi
VAR referee: Gianluca Aureliano
Unripe (40′, Yellow) Bernardeschi (46′, Yellow) Square (67′, Yellow) Ake (79′, Yellow) Milinkovic-Savic (82′, Yellow) Patric (89′, Yellow