A goal from Moise Kean allowed Juventus to win on Thursday evening on the ground of the red lantern, Hellas Verona (1-0), and to temporarily climb on the podium of Serie A while waiting for the match of Lazio Rome (4th) at the end of the 14th day. Even if Lazio won in the evening against Monza at the Stadio olimpico, Juventus made one of the very good operations of this weekday, taking advantage of the points lost on Wednesday by Atalanta Bergamo (6th) and AS Roma (7th).
Far from being radiant, the “Old Lady” made the difference in the second half on a full-axis acceleration from Kean, well launched by Adrien Rabiot (60th). Second goal of the season for the Italian center-forward, holder in the absence of Dusan Vlahovic, still dismissed due to pubalgia two weeks before Serbia’s entry into the World Cup-2022 against Brazil. The Bianconeri then suffered until the end to preserve this fifth victory in a row without conceding goals.
Juve remain ten points behind the Neapolitan leader
They even came close to conceding a penalty three times. But they escaped the sanction, first with a bit of success on a hand from Danilo, with the intervention of the VAR then which canceled a whistled foul against Leonardo Bonucci then with cunning to finish with a foul on the extreme limit of Alex Sandro’s penalty area, excluded (90 + 3rd).
Verona, always good last despite their efforts at the end of the game, is beaten for the ninth time in a row. Juve remains ten points behind the Neapolitan leader but is only two lengths behind its runner-up, AC Milan. Enough to regain morale after having sadly said goodbye to the Champions League with five defeats in six matches.
