This Sunday, the Juventus visited Atalanta for the 34th round of the Italian Serie A and won the duel 2-0, with goals from Samuel Iling-Junior and Vlahović in the second half.
With the victory, Juve reaches 66 points and takes the vice-leadership of Lazio, who lost in this round to Milan by 2-0. comes in seventh place. At the moment, however, the club is still in the classification zone for the Conference League next season.
Juventus’s next commitment is against Sevilla, at home, for the first leg of the Europa League semifinals, on Thursday, at 4 pm (Brasília time). On the other hand, Atalanta will only return to the field on Saturday against Salernitana, at 10 am, away from home for the Italian Championship.
56′ | GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLL!!! Iling-Junior opens the scoring for Juve ⚽️#AtalantaJuve [0-1] #ForzaJuve @EASPORTSFIFA
— JuventusFC (@juventusfcpt) May 7, 2023
The game
Juventus did not have an easy game and saw Atalanta control ball possession and risk many more shots. Even so, the home team only hit the opposing goal after finishing 17 times in the match. With that, Juve took the opportunity to be more efficient, take more danger and be superior in the first half. Even so, the 0-0 persisted after 45 minutes.
In the final stage, just after 11 minutes, Juventus opened the scoring with Samuel Iling-Junior hitting from inside the small area after a low cross. After the opening of the scoreboard, the match continued with Atalanta taking little advantage of their chances and Juve having opportunities to extend the advantage. The best chance of a draw was in the 44th minute, when Davide Zappacosta hit the Szczęsny post.
In the last move of the game, to close the account, Vlahović scored a beautiful goal in Juve’s counterattack and settled the match.
Source: Gazetaesportiva
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