Juventus, which has one game less (against Naples on March 17), did not have much choice on Saturday night against Lazio Rome (7th, 43 pts) at the Allianz Stadium. A victory was indeed essential to return to 7 points of Inter Milan, the leader who will receive Atalanta Bergamo (4th, 49 points), Monday evening (8:45 pm) within the framework of the 26th day of the Italian Serie A of soccer.
The Old Lady who had yet left Cristiano Ronaldo on the bench (he rose to the game in the 69th) won 3-1 (half-time: 1-1) after being led.
It was the Romans who opened the scoring in the 14th minute, Joaquín Correa taking advantage of a bad pass behind Dejan Kulusevski to go out and beat Wojciech Szczęsny (0-1).
A missile from Adrien Rabiot’s left foot which left no chance for Pepe Reina allowed Juve to equalize before returning to the locker room (1-1, 39).
Alvaro Morata, assisting on Rabiot’s goal, then turned into the executioner of Lazio.
The Spaniard has indeed signed a double in … two minutes, before giving way to Ronaldo in the 69th.
He first unleashed a superb winning strike with his left foot in the 57th (2-1), before transforming a penalty (3-1, 60th, final score) after an unnecessary foul by Sergej Milinkovic-Savic on Aaron Ramsey
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