Massimo Mauro, a former Juventus midfielder, commented on the Olimpico match in his weekly column for Repubblica.it. Here is an excerpt from his editorial: “I was thrilled to see Lazio-Juve, a truly engaging match played by both in a very intelligent way: Juve did not give space to Lazio by playing on the counterattack, and Lazio tried to exploit the few mistakes made by the midfield and by the defense of Juve. There were capital performances by Ronaldo, Kulusevski (whom I would never have replaced), Cuadrado, Rabiot, Morata. But there is the discordant note. Juve has always won also because those who play 5 minutes and 5 games a year he does his duty. And when Dybala has the opportunity to prove that he can be the owner, he must give signals: today he played all the balls in an awkward way. In Lazio Simone Inzaghi who gave the charge , and I quote an episode. When it was necessary to beat the side foul of the action that resulted in the equalizer, it is he who invited his player to beat him forward when he saw him wavering. However good Pirlo too: for how the game went, he prepared it perfectly. (…) Looking at the standings, everyone from Milan to Lazio can win the Scudetto. (…) “.
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