sport">Alvaro Morata made it 0-1 after 20 minutes. The Spanish striker cut out his opponent and hit with the left. Benevento tied the score in injury time in the first half via Gaetano Letizia, who saw his volley disappear behind goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny.
sport">In the second half, Juventus was unable to score, despite a number of offensive changes. Due to the defending champion’s loss of points, leader AC Milan can enlarge the gap to six points. Milan will take on Fiorentina at home on Sunday.
sport">Trainer Andrea Pirlo acknowledged afterwards that his team should be less dependent on Ronaldo. “We have to make sure that we do better if Ronaldo does not participate. He had some complaints and that is why he got some rest to recover. ”
Atalanta beaten at home by Hellas Verona
sport">Atalanta suffered its third loss in Serie A. Hellas Verona was 2-0 too strong in Bergamo for the team of Hans Hateboer, Marten de Roon and Sam Lammers, who all got playing time.
sport">Portuguese Miguel Veloso gave Hellas Verona the lead after an hour from a penalty kick and just before time Mattia Zaccagni made it 0-2.
sport">Shortly after the opening goal, Lammers was allowed to come in, Hateboer and De Roon played the entire match. The Dutch trio has not won three duels in a row with Atalanta in the Serie A.
sport">Atalanta will receive the Danish FC Midtjylland in the Champions League on Tuesday. The Italian club is in a battle with Ajax and Liverpool for two places for the next round. On Wednesday Atalanta was surprisingly 2-0 too strong for Liverpool in England, then took office with a devalued team.
Inter deals with ‘surprise’
sport">Internazionale won the away match against Sassuolo, the surprise of Serie A for the time being, with conviction. It became 0-3 and the final score was already reached after an hour.
sport">Alexis Sanchez opened the score after just 3 minutes, after good preparatory work by Lautaro Martinez. Inter came to 0-2 after fifteen minutes by an own goal from Vlad Chiriches and Roberto Gagliardini made it 0-3 in the second half with a nice shot.
Stefan de Vrij has not scored, but is cheering. He is too strong for Sassuolo with Inter.
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sport">For Sassuolo it was only the first defeat of the season. The club from the north of Italy could have passed the leader AC Milan with a win. Inter ‘helped’ fellow city rivals AC Milan and is now on a level with Sassuolo, with 18 points from nine matches.
sport">At Internazionale, which will play against Borussia Mönchengladbach in the Champions League on Tuesday, defender Stefan de Vrij participated in the entire match. Christian Eriksen came in in the final phase, as did Romelu Lukaku.
sport">watch here the results, standings and the program in Serie A.
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