In one of the great matches that left day 26 of the Serie A 2020-21, Juventus received at home in Lazio. The great news of the local box went through the return of Juan Guillermo Quadrado, absent several duels due to injury, and the replacement of Cristiano Ronaldo.
To the surprise of many, things started really badly for those of Andrea Pirlo. After 14 minutes, following yet another great corner, Dejan Kulusevski knocked the ball to the limit of Joaquín Correa’s reach, who just couldn’t put it in the net.
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The picture of the Italian capital came out completely excited and canceled at times at Juve. In this sense, the goal actions continued in the hands of Luis Alberto and Sergej Milinkovic-Savić, both from the middle distance.
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Pirlo was completely lost, he did not know what orders to give and this was reflected in his group. Divided plays, zero generation, little effectiveness of passes … All bad.
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So much so that Juventus ‘first clear shot came half an hour into the game (32’), when Aaron Ramsey tried his luck with a long right-footed shot that went close to the opposing goal.
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Gradually, though very late by the way, the homeowner was tilting the ground in his favor until he got a prize. In the 39th minute, Álvaro Morata received in three quarters of the court, turned and sent a deep pass through Rabiot. The Frenchman gained in speed on the left and when everyone thought he would send a cross into the area, he let go of a powerful left-footed shot that was nailed to the first post by goalkeeper Pepe Reina. Golàs.
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At last, Mohamed Salim Fares’s Wojciech Szczęsny was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent’s quick free kick after 80 minutes.
As happened at the beginning of the match, Lazio had the clearest. Luis Alberto made a bid to take the lead as a ball coming in on the right hand side left Milinkovic-Savić completely alone with keeper. The ball ended up crashing into the crossbar.
Those of Pirlo reacted quickly, but the difference is that they were completely forceful of the hand of Morata. In the 57th minute, Federico Chiesa stole a ball in rival rival and sent a deep pass that the Spanish striker did not waste.
And two minutes later, the former Real Madrid signed his double from the penalty spot, after a controversial offense by Milinkovic-Savić on Ramsey.
With the mission completed, at least so far, the Juventus team changed tabs. In 69 ‘Juan Guillermo Quadrat, of great party, the great figure, Morata, and Ramsey retires; in his place entered Weston McKennie, Arthur and Cristiano Ronaldo.
The next important approach was for the visit, it took almost 25 minutes to generate danger again. After a fine move down the right Ciro Inmobile nearly gave the home side a goal after 29 minutes. The finishing shot went just wide, though. Then Correa tried unsuccessfully. There was nowhere to get the discount.
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In the 81st minute, Ecuadorian Felipe Caicedo entered the visit. With this, coach Inzaghi sought to bring together in attack the duo of South Americans who managed to shine at the time.
The party, practically sentenced, fell into emotions. Juventus appealed for quick counterattacks to generate goal actions, while Lazio did what they could with more heart than football. Finally everything would be in an important bianconera victory by 3-1 in the return of Juan Guillermo Cuadrado.