Leonardo Bonucci was the winner: with two goals from the classic defender, Juventus won 2-0 as a guest of Lazio in Saturday night’s 13th round of the Italian Football Championship (Serie A).
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| Leonardo Bonucci shot this too (Photo: AFP) |
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Juventus Paulo Dybala, Aaron Ramsey, Federico Bernardeschi, Mattia De Sciglio and Giorgio Chiellini were forced to stand without and soon lost Danilo – the Brazilian defender who suffered a thigh injury colliding with Elseid Hysaj was taken off the pitch.
An irregularity less than ten minutes later came in handy for Juventus: another Danilo, Cataldi, pushed his foot out of Álvaro Morata within the age of 16, and although the home team protested vehemently, Leonardo Bonucci he could have stood behind the ball put down on the penalty point and raised it to the left of the goal. THE GOAL HERE!
Juve’s will prevailed in the sequel as well, and if only from another penalty, his second goal was born in his hair: Pepe Reina, who ran far from his goal, caught up with Federico Chiesa, who was leaving him in the 16th, he could stop it regularly – another penalty, another confident Bonucci execution. THE GOAL HERE!
A little stat: Leonardo Bonucci the first defender since 2007 to sell two penalties in an Italian league match; 14 years ago Maurizio Domizzi (Napoli) doubled this way.
With his second consecutive victory, Juventus scored fifth in Lazio.
ITALIAN SERIES
13. ROUND, Saturday matches
Lazio – Juventus 0–2 (Bonucci 23, 83 – both out of 11)
Previously
Atalanta – Spezia 5–2 (Pasalic 18th, 41st, D. Zapata from 38th to 11th, Muriel 83rd, Malinovsky 89th and Nzola 11th, 90 + 1.)
Later
20.45: Fiorentina – Milan (Tv: Sport2)
ADDITIONAL ROUND PROGRAM
Sunday
12.30: Sassuolo – Cagliari
15.00: Bologna – Venice
15.00: Salernitana – Sampdoria
18.00: International – Naples (Tv: Sport2)
20.45: Genoa – Rome (Tv: Sport2)
Monday
18.30: Verona – Empoli
20.45: Turin – Udinese
| 1. Naples | 12 | 10 | 2 | – | 24–4 | +20 | 32 |
| 2. Milan | 12 | 10 | 2 | – | 26–11 | +15 | 32 |
| 3. International | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 29–13 | +16 | 25 |
| 4. Atalanta | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 27–17 | +10 | 25 |
| 5. Lazio | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 25–21 | +4 | 21 |
| 6. Juventus | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18–15 | +3 | 21 |
| 7. Roma | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 21–15 | +6 | 19 |
| 8. Fiorentina | 12 | 6 | – | 6 | 16–14 | +2 | 18 |
| 9. Bologna | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19–23 | –4 | 18 |
| 10. Verona | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 25–21 | +4 | 16 |
| 11. Empoli | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 18–23 | –5 | 16 |
| 12. Torino | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15–12 | +3 | 14 |
| 13. Sassuolo | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17–18 | –1 | 14 |
| 14. Udinese | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15–18 | –3 | 14 |
| 15. Venezia | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11–19 | –8 | 12 |
| 16. Spice | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 15–31 | –16 | 11 |
| 17. Genoa | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 17–24 | –7 | 9 |
| 18. Sampdoria | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15–25 | –10 | 9 |
| 19. Salerno | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10–26 | –16 | 7 |
| 20. Cagliari | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13–26 | –13 | 6 |
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