Before their face-to-face on Sunday, the last meeting of the year 2022 in Serie A, Laziali and Turinese took full advantage of the points lost by Milan, Roma and Atalanta Bergamo during this 14th day disputed since Tuesday.
After their victory in the derby against Roma (1-0), Maurizio Sarri’s players were certainly jostled by Monza (15th). But they pocketed the three points thanks to a young 17-year-old Argentine striker, Luka Romero, who scored his first goal in the sky blue jersey for his 14th appearance since the summer of 2021.
Monza will be able to regret the nice goal of a backheel denied at the start of the meeting to Andrea Petagna, offside by half a shoe.
Juventus’ savior of the day was Moise Kean, who scored Turin’s only goal on the ground of the red lantern, Hellas Verona, after a fine through pass from Adrien Rabiot, always more decisive (60th) .
– Vlahovic still absent –
The Italian center-forward scored his second goal of the season, starting in the absence of Dusan Vlahovic, still sidelined with pubalgia, two weeks before Serbia’s debut at the 2022 World Cup against Brazil .
“It was not an easy match, playing here is not easy, but we have shown that we are a great team”, commented Moise Kean on DAZN.
To preserve this fifth victory in a row without conceding goals, the Turinese however suffered until the end.
They came close to conceding a penalty three times. But they escaped the sanction, first with a bit of success after a handball from Danilo, then with the intervention of the VAR which canceled a whistled foul against Leonardo Bonucci, then with cunning after a foul on the extreme limit of the surface of Alex Sandro, excluded (90th 3).
Hellas Verona showed their frustration with these decisions, posting on Twitter a photo of the action of Danilo’s hand, after this ninth defeat in a row.
Juve remain ten points behind leaders Neapolitan but are only two points behind second place occupied by Lazio and Milan. Enough to feed his dreams of coming back to the league after having sadly left the Champions League.
Even if Lazio’s reception on Sunday will probably still be without Vlahovic: “We’ll see, but it seems difficult for him to be available against Lazio,” said coach Massimiliano Allegri.
