Juventus Turin Closes the Gap on Inter Milan with Victory Over Frosinone

Juventus Turin temporarily returned to one point behind the leader, Inter Milan, thanks to their victory (2-1) at promoted Frosinone, Saturday during the 17th day of the Italian Championship. Juve, who quickly opened the scoring thanks to young (18-year-old) Kenan Yildiz (12th), were joined before the hour mark on a deep pass to Jaime Baez (51st).

The Serbian Dusan Vlahovic, who came on in place of Yildiz, gave the Turinese the lead again with a superb uncrossed header from a cross from the American Weston McKennie (81st), scoring his sixth goal of the season in Serie A .

Frosinone, who suffered their second defeat of the season at home, fell to 14th place (19 pts). The Lazio club created a surprise this week by humiliating Naples (4-0) in the round of 16 of the Italian Cup, and could find Juve in the quarter-finals.

Bologna moves closer to the podium

This victory increases the pressure on Inter Milan (41 pts), which hosts Lecce (12th) at the start of the evening. Simone Inzaghi’s team fell hard on Wednesday at San Siro, eliminated from the Italian Cup, of which it had won the last two editions, by Bologna (2-1 after extra time).

She also lost Lautaro Martinez, top scorer in the championship, and defender Federico Dimarco who withdrew after injuring a thigh on Wednesday. Defending champion Naples, sixth and already relegated 14 points behind Inter, faces AS Roma (8th) in the evening at the Olympic Stadium.

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As for Bologna, the Rossoblu club scored a third victory in a row in Serie A by winning 1-0 at home against Atalanta, thanks to a goal from Lewis Ferguson. Bologna moves a little closer to the podium by taking 4th place, while Dea remains 7th in the ranking.

Friday, AC Milan snatched a draw point at the end of the match (2-2) on the ground of the red lantern, Salernitana. Milan are third in the standings (33 pts), three points ahead of Fiorentina who won on Friday at Monza (1-0).

2023-12-23 16:30:00
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