SPICE – Mission accomplished at ‘Peak’ for the Juvewho passes onto the field with a goal in each half Spice (0-2) and thus hits the third consecutive success in the championship, where he goes up momentarily in seventh place (waiting for Turin engaged tomorrow in postponement and next opponent in the Mole derby). There are now 32 points for the black and whites (who without the -15 would be second against Inter), who pass in the first half with Kean (following yet another assist from Kostic) and suffer at the start of the second half, but then knock the Ligurians down in the 66th minute with Of Maria, who entered ten minutes earlier in Kean’s place. A heavy success for Massimiliano Allegri’s team, who will now be able to concentrate on return of the Europa League playoff on the Nantes fieldwhere we will start from the 1-1 of the first round staged at the Stadium.
20:10
Allegri: “Bad first half, good Perin”
Massimiliano Allegri partly satisfied after the game: “We had a bad first half – said the Juventus coach – then it is normal that when he enters Of Maria Things change. Paradoxically we took more shots against tonight than Thursday against Nantes, but football is strange. Congratulations to Very who made a big parade on Gyasi. Without the penalty we would have 47 points, let’s not forget that. The return of the Europa League to Nantes? For us it’s like a final”.
19:54
90’+4′ – Game over: Juve win
Triple whistle by La Penna at the ‘Peak’: Spezia-Juventus ends 0-2with Allegri’s bianconeri celebrating thanks to goals scored by Kean in the first half and by Di Maria in the second half.
19:53
90+3′ – Di Maria on the side
Juve closes in attack: Di Maria shot and ball wide.
19:52
90’+2′ – Inside Bonucci for Vlahovic
Change in Juve: outside Vlahovic and inside Bonucci che with this presence thus rises to 425 tokens in Serie A.
19:50
90′ – Recovery granted
Three minutes of recovery granted by La Penna, designated to referee this Spezia-Juve.
19:45
85′ – Vlahovic touches the trio
Juve occasion with Vlahovic: powerful left foot from the edge of the center forward and ball a little high over the crossbar.
19:42
82′ – Perin salva su Nikolaou
Another great parade by Verywho saves Juve by rejecting in dive the header executed by Nikolaou on the developments of a corner.
19:41
81′ – Juve, in Iling-Junior for Kostic
Substitution in Juve: the coach Allegri send to the field Shake in place of Kostic (author of the assist for the first goal scored by Kean).
19:39
79′ – Double substitution in Spezia
Two substitutions in the Spicewho will try to reopen the game in the final: inside Maldini and Caldara instead of Green and Ekdal.
19:38
78′ – Aim to be reviewed for Bourabia
Break of Spice, with Bourabia which tries the right from the edge: high ball over the crossbar.
19:34
74′ – Kostic kicks out
Return to attack Juve: initiative on the left by Kostic which instead of cross for Vlahovic look for the conclusion, but kicking out.
19:32
72′ – Perin’s prowess on Gyasi
Occasion for Spice: he bursts in on a low cross in the black and white area Gas that kicks first at the corner, but Very he’s super going down to deflect for a corner.
19:30
70′ – Beans too central
Now the inertia of the match is in favor of Juve who insist: tear of Rabiot and opening for Kosticdischarge for Beans who from the edge shoots too central to worry Marchetti.
19:29
69′ – Di Maria does not frame the goal
Still unleashed Di Maria drags Juve in this phase of the match: ball for him at the limit e left up.
19:26
66′ – Di Maria-goal: 2-0 for Juve
Juve’s doubling and signature is authoritative: ball a Of Mariawho checks on the trocar and then passes Marchetti with a low shot with a crossed left foot signing the 2-0 for his.
19:23
63′ – Alex Sandro dangerous
Chance for Juve: on the development of a corner taken by Di Maria, Alex Sandro arrives first of all at the near post and heads with the ball flying over the crossbar.
19:21
61′ – Shomurodo’s ‘ostacola’ Verde
Spice Occasion: Verde volley and center Shomurodov unknowingly found himself in the trajectory of the shot.
19:19
59′ – Nzola enters Spezia
Substitution in Spezia who goes on the hunt for equal: outside Agudelo and inside Nzolawho goes to position himself in attack alongside Shomurodov.
19:16
56′ – Juve, Di Maria in
Change in Juve: Allegri sends on the field Of Maria instead of Keean
19:15
55′ – Reca booked
Yellow card for Spezia: warned Reca for a foul on Kean launched on the restart
19:14
54′ – Alex Sandro saves Shomurodov
Still Spice forward: Verde tries a turn in precarious balance, Perin relaxes and says no.
19:13
53′ – Alex Sandro saves Shomurodov
Spezia insists: on Reca’s cross he mixes in the Juventus area, ball a Shomurodov that kicks without fail but finds the ‘wall’ by Alex Sandro
19:11
51′ – Ammointo Fagioli
Yellow card drawn by La Penna: cautioned the Juventus player Beans for foul play
19:10
50′ – Spezia tries with Gyasi
Occasion for Spice: on the development of a corner cross by Verde for Gas who spins his head, but the conclusion is central and Perin blocks.
19:08
48′ – Kean wasted opportunity
Juve dangerous: cross by Alex Sandro from the left trocar and detachment into the box by Keanwhose header does not, however, frame the door of the Spice.
19:05
46′ – Off to the second half, Juve double substitution
At the ‘Peak’ the second half and in Juve there are two substitutions: inside Beans and De Sciglio in the place of Walls and Square.
19:00
Waiting for the teams to return
At the ‘Peak’ everything is ready for recovery after the first half ended with the Juve ahead 1-0 on Spezia landlord: the spectators await the return of the two teams from the changing rooms.
18:48
45’+2′ – The first half ends
After two minutes of added time, the first half ends at the Peak with Juventus leading 1-0 thanks to Kean’s goal.
18:41
40′ – Another chance for Shomurodov
Verde’s cross finds Shomurodov in the box who smashes his header to the ground, facilitating Perin’s central save.
18:34
33′ – Shomurodov misses the equalizer
Immediate reaction from Spezia, Shomurodov however with a header does not find the goal and sends high.
18:33
32′ – JUVE’S GOAL WITH KEAN!
Kostic hits the back and calibrates Kean’s cross to the millimeter, who with a delicate touch on the fly runs perfectly on the post along the ball and scores the 1-0.
18:27
26′ – Danilo close to scoring
From the developments of the corner Danilo finds the right time and takes off well, almost scoring a header: the ball just wide.
18:26
25′ – Dragowski out due to injury, Marchetti returns
Dragowski raises the white flag and asks for a replacement due to a muscle problem, in his place the former Lazio player Federico Marchetti, who hadn’t played a match in Serie A since 15 May 2021.
18:18
17′ – Vlahovic’s goal disallowed
Cuadrado’s long throw catches Vlahovic, who scores. However, the linesman cancels for offside, clear.
18:17
16′ – Agudelo booked
Agudelo sinks the tackle and spreads Rabiot on the restart, yellow is inevitable.
18:09
8′ – Shoulder leads Spezia from the bench
It is Sergio Spalla on the sideline who leads Spezia from the bench. The last time without Gotti, in the match against Napoli, Fabrizio Lorieri gave the directives to the team.
18:02
1′ – Immediately yellow in Locatelli, he will miss the derby
Not even twenty seconds later the first yellow card of the match arrives, it’s for Locatelli: he was cautioned, he will miss the derby with Turin.
18:01
1′ – THE GAME BEGINS
Let’s go, Spezia-Juve begins: the first ball for the hosts.
17:50
Juve black beast of Spezia
Juventus have won all five Serie A matches against Spezia and have not conceded a goal in three of these: the black and white team is in fact one of the two formations – like Lazio – against which the Aquilotti have played more than one match, finding always the defeat in the top division.
17:35
Square in the pre game
“There will be moments in the match where we have to be balanced, if we score a goal then we’ll have to score another as soon as possible. All matches are difficult, it will be the same today and we’ll do everything to win”. Thus Cuadrado to Dazn in the pre-match of Spezia-Juve.
17:20
Allegri changes 6 before Nantes
Compared to the formation lined up against Nantes Allegri changes 6 men in the starting eleven: Perin, Rugani, Cuadrado, Locatelli, Kostic and Kean are the news against Spezia. Management and shifts in view of the return to the Europa League.
16:58
The official formations
SPICE (3-5-2): Dragowski; North, Ampadu, Nikolaou; Gazi, Bourabia, Ekdal, Agudelo, Reca; Green, Shomurodov. Trainer: Shoulder.
JUVENTUS (3-5-2): Perin; Danilo, Rugani, Alex Sandro; Cuadrado, Locatelli, Paredes, Rabiot, Kostic; Kean, Vlahovic. Trainer: Allegri.
16:45
Di Maria’s numbers
Angel Di Maria has been actively involved in four goals (two goals, two assists) in his last five league appearances: with the Argentine on the field (13 games) in this Serie A, Juventus have a better average goals scored (1.6 vs 1.4 ) and a higher win rate (61.5% vs 55.6%).
16:30
Curiosity about Spezia-Juve
Considering the last three Serie A championships (2020/21, 2021/22 and 2022/23), Spezia are the only opponents against which Juventus have scored at least three goals in two different away games: 1-4 on 1 November 2020 and 2-3 on 22 September 2021.
Spezia hasn’t scored at home for 329 minutes (since Nzola’s goal in the 31st minute in Spezia-Atalanta 2-2): it’s the longest home fast for the Ligurians in the top Italian championship.
Juventus is both the team that has won the most 1-0 times in this championship (six), and the one that has won the most matches by combining success on the clean sheet (13, including the 2-0 first leg at Spezia).
Only against Napoli (383), Daniel Green – author of a brace in the last match against Empoli – played more minutes in Serie A without ever scoring than against Juventus (319).
Dusan Vlahovic he scored five goals in five Serie A games played against Spezia: however, the five goals were all concentrated in the four home games; this could be his first appearance at the Picco in the top tournament, given that the only away match against the Aquilotti was played at Manuzzi (2-2 with the Fiorentina shirt on 18 October 2020).
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