Lecce-Juventus 0-3, the Bianconeri jump into first place

Lecce, 21 January 2024 - Overtaking mission accomplished, albeit with an asterisk weighing like a boulder in a ranking that is changing masters: theInter is engaged in Super Cup, with the final with the Napoli scheduled tomorrow at Riyadh and obviously they don't play their championship round againstAtalanta, thus offering to Juventus the assist good to jump to the top of the rankings. To do this the Bianconeri must overcome the obstacle Lecce in the never banal theater of Street of the Sea. After a closed first half with little chance on both fronts, the band Allegri puts the arrow and does it within the span of 9' with a super Vlahovic, who with a brace from the area of ​​prey, finished off with the final trio of Bremer, signs a very significant victory 52 points in the standings against i 51 dell 'Inter, who doesn't have exactly positive memories when there's an asterisk and a game to recover.  

The official lineups

  D'Aversa choose a 4-3-3 open from Falcone, protected by Gendrey, Pongracic, baschirotto e Cock: they are in the middle of the field Kaba, Ramadan e Gonzalez, while the attack line includes Oudin, Kristovic e Almqvist. Allegri responds with a 3-5-2 that he sees between the posts Szczesny, with Cats, Bremer e Danilo in defense and Cambiaso e Costic as fifths: the median is made up of McKennie, Locatelli e Miretti, while the advanced department is made up of Vlahovic e Star.  

First half

  Practically from the batting point a long ball goes off for McKennie, which in turn crosses for Vlahovic, whose volley narrowly misses the big target. The Lecce responds with an aggressiveness that leads to a couple of free kicks from interesting areas of the pitch: from one of them, in the 5th minute, Oudin he puts a ball into the area which becomes platinum for Kristovic when Bremer e baschirotto they get in the way, but the left-footed shot from the home number 9 ends up on the back. At 11' Kaba e Almqvist they mess up in the defensive phase and give away to Juventus a corner, from which you develop, after the serve of Miretti, McKennie jumps perfectly: Kristovic, stationed on the line, avoids the mockery of his men. Shortly afterwards the Bianconeri combine on the axis Vlahovic-Kostic, with the latter's broadside ending slightly high. At 15' the usual Oudin equipment for the on-the-fly turn of Kristovic, whose aim, however, is totally wrong. The match enters a tired phase which is interrupted in the 34th minute, when McKennie he misses the disengagement for Locatelli: Ramadan recovers the ball and serves Oudin, which without thinking too much he kicks towards Szczesny, at the first real speech of his evening. In reality, despite the 2' recovery granted by Duties, also Falcone remains inactive at the end of the first half with several chances on both fronts but none or almost none in fact on target, with the 0-0 which is therefore the legitimate result of what was produced by two teams that have long canceled each other out.

Second half

  The teams return to the field with the same personnel: there is one among them Kaba, who throws long for Almqvist, to Duties stopped with good manners in the penalty area. There Juventus reacts in the 49th minute, when Costic it comes down and serves as a tow Miretti, whose conclusion towards the near post is providentially deflected into a corner: as already happened in the first half, precisely Miretti takes charge of the joke, looking for and finding the head of McKennie, on which he is attentive Falcone. Again in the 52nd minute Costic he makes a gap in his lane, canceling Gendrey, before crossing for Vlahovic, who dives and misses the goal. On tipping Almqvist he does everything himself before kicking with his left foot: the usual Costic, the man everywhere in this phase of the match, deflects the ball into a corner. Allegri opens the gear wheel by inserting Weah for Miretti, with Cambiaso which therefore becomes centralized. The Juventus coach's move wakes him up, and in the 59th minute they take the lead thanks to Vlahovic, who scores with a left-foot volley following a suggestion from himself Cambiaso, who was also good at arriving first on a ball that was barely cleared by Falcone on previous conclusion of Star. D'Aversa he doesn't fit and throws himself into the fray Angry for Gonzalez, Dorgu for Cock e Pierotti for Oudin. The Giallorossi coach's moves, however, do not pay off, given that in the 68th minute the Juventus double thanks as usual Vlahovic, who split almost on the goal line to 'snatch' the goal McKennie, who had headed the ball from two steps away following the suggestion of Costic, one of the best on the pitch: for the American midfielder comes the consolation of the assist on the scoresheet and of a complicated match but apparently already on ice. D'Aversa, almost like a move of desperation, changes again and inserts Samson e Little ones for Almqvist e Kristovic, whose lack of goalscoring has taken on almost grotesque features. Also Allegri, albeit for different reasons, draws from the bench: inside Iling-Junior for Costic e Owned for Star, tonight decidedly subdued compared to previous releases. In the 76th minute the team returns to the attack Lecce Dorgu, which receives from Kaba and he lands a right hand that isn't surprising Szczesny. Allegri he also brings an exhausted man back to the sidelines Cambiaso, detected by Alex Sandro. In fact, games at Street of the Sea they are now done and at 85' Bremer lands the hat trick with an imperious break from a free kick taken by Iling-Junior. The match said everything he needed to say and the 'garbage time' of 3' granted by Duties doesn't change things: the winner wins Juventus, which rises to 52 points against i 51 dell 'Inter, which certainly has one race less but also the burden on its shoulders of not being able to make mistakes in a head-to-head match that will continue until the end of the championship. On the other side there is a Lecce at times very beautiful and intense but, as has already happened several times, not very dangerous in front of goal.