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Sun 09 Apr 2023 6:27 am - Jerusalem Time
Italian Championship: Lazio defeats Juventus and consolidates its second place, and Roma third
Lazio strengthened its second position by defeating Juventus 2-1 in the twenty-ninth stage of the Italian Football Championship , which saw Rome rise to third place by beating its host Turin 1-0 on Saturday, taking advantage of the fall of Milan and its neighbor Inter in the trap of a tie with Empoli and Salernitana respectively 24 years ago. hour.
Lazio raised its tally to 58 points, 16 points behind Napoli, who are heading towards being crowned champions and ahead of their neighbor Roma by 5 points.
In turn, Roma is one point ahead of Milan and two points ahead of Inter, who scored one point in the last four matches.
At the Olympic Stadium in Rome, Juventus played the match in the absence of its coach, Massimiliano Allegri, who was ill.
Serbian international midfielder Sergey Milinkovic-Savic opened the scoring for Lazio (38), but French Juventus midfielder Adrien Rabiot equalized four minutes later, raising his tally to 10 goals in various competitions this season.
The last word was for Lazio, for whom Mattia Zakania scored the winning goal (53).
Juventus threw all its weight in the last quarter of an hour, but to no avail.
In Turin, and once again, Argentine striker Paulo Dybala saved his team, Roma, by scoring the only goal of the match from a penalty kick in the eighth minute in Turin's goal.
Dybala raised his tally to 11 goals this season, knowing that he moved to him early on, coming with a free deal from Juventus.
On the other hand, Atalanta stumbled, losing 2-0 to Bologna on Saturday, after two wins over Empoli and Cremonese.
The loss against Bologna is the ninth this season for Atalanta, to freeze its balance at 48 points in sixth place, and it is threatening not to participate in the Conference League competition if it continues to waste points.
Atalanta could have snatched fourth place from Inter by goal difference, had he emerged victorious this evening.
Unlike Atalanta, Bologna dreams of entering continental competitions for the first time in its history, as it occupies eighth place with 43 points, 5 points behind its host this evening, 9 stages before the end.
Bologna has not participated in continental competitions since reaching the third round of the Federation Cup (currently the Europa League) in 1999.
Bologna waited for the second half to score the two goals of the match through Nicola Sansone (49) and Riccardo Orsolini (86).
Bologna, which is supervised by the Italian-Brazilian coach Thiago Motta, is two points ahead of the ninth Fiorentina, whose series of consecutive victories ended at 9 after a 1-1 draw against its guest, Spezia.
Fiorentina advanced with a reverse goal from Polish defender Przemyslaw Wisniewski in his team’s goal (25), and French striker Mbala equalized for Spezia (32).
In the bottom struggle, Cremonese achieved only its second victory this season, at the expense of its host, Sampdoria, 3-2.
Cremonese snatched the three points in a dramatic match with two late goals from Georgian Luka Luchoshvili (85) and substitute defender Leonardo Cernicola (90 + 5).
Sampdoria maintained a 2-1 lead 5 minutes before normal time, after Algerian international Mehdi Leiris scored for him (15) and Dutch substitute Sam Lammers (66), while Cremonese narrowed the difference through Paolo Ghilioni (35), before collapsing and conceding two fatal goals. .
Cremonese left the bottom after raising its tally to 16 points, one point ahead of bottom club Sampdoria.
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Italian Championship: Lazio defeats Juventus and consolidates its second place, and Roma third