Juve breaks through Salerno and restarts Dybala and Morata’s goals decide

Orderly match and control of the bianconeri who miss even a penalty in the final For the grenade pole by Ranieri. The Salerno curve recalls Andrea Fortunato

A convalescent Juve gets rid of the comfortable Salernitana (without many owners and the star Ribery) without problems (apart from a big risk at the beginning of the second half) and gets back on the road towards the Europe area. An orderly and controlled race was that of Allegri’s men, who were finally able to count on a Dybala at the height of its potential.

It starts with a memory of the Salerno curve for Andrea Fortunato, a young local footballer who died of leukemia in 1995, just when he was playing in Juventus. In the first five minutes the bianconeri, trying to make the game, try twice to scare Belec: in the first circumstance the home goalkeeper is careful on Dybala, in the second Kulusevski’s shot ends wide. Dybala immediately appears inspired: to try to unhinge the defense of Salernitana he often backs off and plays on the trocar leaving Kean the task of stinging forward. The bells, however, very aggressive across the board, do not stand by and watch: at 15 ‘a header from Simy touches the post. At 20 ‘Dybala capitalizes on his sparkling start: the Argentine closes a brilliant triangle with Kulusevski and condemns Belec from the edge of the area with a precise left in the lower corner. Salernitana gets nervous: bad foul by Gagliolo on the usual Dybala and yellow. Juve insists and also scores 0-2 but Chiellini’s goal is canceled, at the suggestion of the Var, for an offside by Kean during the action. Beautiful percussion by Bentancur at 42 ‘: high shot.

It starts again with Salernitana who appears a little more proactive after leaving Juve with 80% of possession in the first half. Courage that pays off immediately: in the 57th minute Ranieri hits with a sure shot inside the area, but the ball hits the post and then incredibly slips along the goal line without entering. The inertia of the race is now in the balance and Colantuono inserts the ram Djuric to give more consistency to his attack.

Allegri’s counter-move: in Morata for the intangible Kean. A good choice: in the 68th minute the Spaniard, served by Bernardeschi, invented a sleight of hand by striking Belec with a light touch in front of goal. Salernitana, who had finally set her nose in the Juventus half, is frozen. The match is now downhill for the bianconeri: in the 85th minute Belec denies Dybala the double and the Argentine himself fails it in time out by sending a penalty into the curve. –