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Milan: Juventus advanced to second place temporarily, after snatching a breathtaking victory over its guest Udinese 1-0 on Saturday, in the seventeenth stage competitions of the Italian Football League, while Monza stunned its guest Inter with a goal in the last minutes, forcing him to draw 2-2.
In the first match at Allianz Stadium, the two teams observed a minute’s silence before the match after the death of former Juventus captain Gianluca Vialli, who played for the “Bianconeri” between 1992 and 1996 and led them to win their last European title a quarter of a century ago.
Goodbye Viali
Vialli’s former teammate Gianluca Pesotto spoke to salute his “sophisticated style” and “perseverance”, to the applause of the Juventus fans who gathered in the stands of the “Allianz” stadium, raising banners in Vialli’s memory that read, “Farewell, captain, we wish you a pleasant journey.”
Juve owes its victory to its Brazilian captain Danilo (86), who scored a fatal goal, his first this season, in which he gifted coach Massimiliano Allegri’s eighth consecutive victory in the “Serie A”.
And the “Old Lady” team raised its score to 37 points, one point ahead of Milan III, who receives Rome at San Siro on Sunday, taking advantage of Inter’s stumbling to widen the difference with him to 3 points. While narrowing the gap with leaders Napoli to four points, who will visit Sampdoria on the same day.
Udinese’s balance, which was just around the corner from snatching a valuable point from Juventus’ stronghold, froze at 25 points in eighth place.
Udinese, who was absent from its Spanish player Gerard Deulofeu, also failed to win the ninth consecutive match.
Juventus’ victory came at the best time, less than a week before the upcoming fiery confrontation against Napoli at the latter’s stadium.
We continue to work in silence.
“It will be a good game, but let’s go one step at a time. Napoli are still the favorites for the Scudetto because they have a big lead,” Allegri told DAZN about the upcoming confrontation with Napoli.
He added, “We must continue to work in silence because we started late in the league,” stressing that Juventus’ goal remains to occupy one of the first four places to qualify for the Champions League competition next season.
Juventus suffered two things to come up with the three points and continue its winning streak, which began on October 15, 2022, while Udinese was the better party in the first half, with remarkable caution in the performance of the landlords.
It is the eighth successive victory for Juventus, in a series during which they did not concede any goal.
However, the first half did not witness many chances from both sides, ending in a goalless draw.
Allegri made a series of changes a quarter of an hour after the start of the second half, pushing Argentine World Cup winner Leandro Paredes, Federico Chiesa and Polish Arcadius Milik, amid Juventus’ complete dominance of the ball, which amounted to 75 percent.
After a vigorous effort by the landlords, they succeeded in breaching the Udinese defense and snatched the goal of progress through Danilo (86) after an elaborate pass from substitute Keiza, who received a long ball with his chest from the other substitute Paredes, to turn it into the unmarked Brazilian and easily settle it into the net.
“After this victory, our first thought went to Gianluca Vialli,” Chiesa said.
“I was fortunate to meet him and it was an opportunity for everything he gave us. During the European Championships (which Italy won in 2021), he was an extra player” after joining the national team staff as head of the Italian delegation in 2019.
Inter wins
Inter received a heavy blow against Monza 2 2 after the latter scored a fatal goal in the third minute of time, instead of lost for the second half.
Nerazzurri failed to equal with Milan in third place and remained fourth with 34 points, two points behind Rossoneri, knowing that the latter has the opportunity to move away from its rival by five points and return to second place if it beats Roma on Sunday. On the other hand, Monza advanced to the fourteenth place with 18 points.
Matteo Darmian (10) and Argentine world champion Lautaro Martinez (22) scored Inter’s goals, while Patrick Chiuria (11) and Lucas Caldirola (90 + 3) scored both of Monza’s goals.
The first half came as a peak of excitement and clubbing, and was translated into scoring three goals, and the guests started the match wonderfully, as Darmian gave him the lead from a collective attack (10).
But the response came one minute after a wonderful finish by Choria, equalizing the score for the landlords, who then had several chances to grab the lead. However, Martinez managed to take advantage of a fatal mistake by Spanish defender Pablo Mari, after he stole the ball from him in front of the goal, and scored easily (22).
The second half was full of excitement and mutual opportunities, but Neratsuri remained ahead, before wasting his advantage with Caldriola’s header after Chiorya’s pass (90 + 3).
A fatal win for Fiorentina
Fiorentina scored a fatal victory over its guest Sassuolo 2 1.
At the Artemio Franchi stadium in Florence, and while the match was heading towards a positive tie after Ricardo Saponara gave Fiontina the lead (48), then Domenico Berardi equalized for Sassuolo (57 from a penalty kick), the owner of the land snatched the victory thanks to Spaniard Nico Gonzalez from a penalty kick (90 + 1). ).
Gonzalez succeeded in scoring his first goal after being absent from the stadiums for several months, and he seemed to be affected after he scored the penalty kick after a handball inside the area on Brazilian Sassuolo player Rowan Tresoldi.
Fiorentina advanced to ninth place temporarily with 23 points, while Sassuolo occupies the sixteenth place with 16 points.