Rome (AFP)
Rome braked the awakening of its guest, Juventus, when it beat it 1-0 at the Olympic Stadium in the capital, with a goal scored by Gianluca Mancini in the 53rd minute, in the twenty-fifth stage of the Italian Football Championship.
Roma hit two birds with one stone, as it regained its winning streak after its sudden loss to Cremonese 1-2 in the last stage and climbed to fourth place by goal difference against Milan.
On the other hand, Juventus suffered its first loss after four consecutive victories in the league, and its balance froze at 35 points in seventh place.
Roma prepared well to face Spanish Real Sociedad next Thursday, in the first leg of the Europa League final, the same day that Juventus hosts Freiburg in the same round of the same competition.
Juventus, who suffered its first loss in its last eight matches in various competitions, wished itself to continue its march towards the Champions League positions and compensate for the 15 points that were decided from it due to the issue of financial manipulation.
Juventus was the first to threaten after a free kick, Argentine Angel Di Maria, and Serbian giant Dushan Vlahovic flew it with his head, but Portuguese international goalkeeper Rui Patricio blocked it (5).
The capital team responded with a powerful shot by Leonardo Spinazzola from outside the area, the defense pushed it away (18), and Argentine playmaker Paulo Dybala manipulated his former team’s defense, and hit a powerful ball from outside the area that was blocked by Polish goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny (27).
Manuel Locatelli tried his luck with a powerful shot from outside the area, which was blocked by goalkeeper Patricio (41).
French international midfielder Adrien Rabiot almost did it when he received a cross from Brazilian international defender Danilo in front of the goal, so he followed it up with his head, but it rebounded from the right post and was dispersed by the defense (44).
Mancini succeeded in opening the scoring with a powerful right-footed shot from outside the area, which was placed in the right corner of the goalkeeper (53).
Colombian defender Juan Cuadrado almost equalized with a powerful shot from a side free kick, which bounced off the right post outside the area (58).
Szczesny saved his goal from a second goal by brilliantly saving the header of English defender Chris Smalling from close range (75).
Argentine Angel Di Maria hit a powerful ball from outside the area, which Patricio pushed into a corner (78), and Mancini almost scored a mistake in his team’s goal with a header from close range that bounced off the right post (83).
Juventus received a painful blow by expelling its substitute striker, Moise Kean, one minute after entering Cuadrado’s place, due to hitting Mancini without a ball (90 + 1).
Inter Milan, the champion of the season before last, regained its balance and ranked second, by defeating its guest, Lecce, 2-0.
Armenian international Henrikh Mkhitaryan gave Inter the lead in the 29th minute, and Argentine international Lautaro Martinez added the second in the 53rd minute, raising his tally to 14 goals this season, and consolidating his position in second place on the list of scorers in the league, with a difference of five goals, behind Napoli international striker Victor Osimhen. headliner.
Inter compensated for its sudden loss to Bologna, 0-1, in the last stage, and achieved its sixteenth victory this season, and finished second with 50 points.
Inter took advantage of the loss of its neighbor and arch-rival, Milan, against Fiorentina 1-2, and broke up with him the second-place partnership, which Lazio had temporarily snatched by defeating leaders Napoli 1-0 at the opening of the stage.
The difference between Inter and Napoli is 15 points.
On the other hand, Lecce’s balance stuck at 27 points in fifteenth place.
