TURIN. Juventus wins with minimal effort, but with a bit of tension in the final against Spezia, winning 1-0 thanks to Morata’s goal in the first half. Fifteenth victory in the league for Max Allegri’s team, which responds to Rome and Lazio defending fourth place and returning to +6 and +7 on the Giallorossi and Biancocelesti. Fourth knockout in a row instead for Thiago Motta’s men, who still remain +4 over the third-last Venice but with one race less.
As expected are the hosts who try to do the race from the beginning, even if the Ligurian team allows very few spaces. After the first few bars of total balance, Juve in the 21st minute takes advantage of a wrong postponement by Provedel to unblock with Morata, who receives from Locatelli electrocuting the goalkeeper with a right of first intention. At 33 ‘Cuadrado would have a good opportunity to double, but wasted it by weakly kicking Arthur’s assist and favoring Provedel’s save.
In the second half, Spezia returns to the field with another look and in the 51st minute goes one step away from the equalizer, with Gyasi crushing with his head on a perfect cross from Ferrer, Szczesny however is well placed and blocks her on the line. Juve fails to close it and the Ligurians remain standing until the end, still touching the equalizer at 80 ‘with Agudelo, who is providentially seen closing the mirror of the door by the local goalkeeper. In the recovery the number 33 from La Spezia tries again, but his left-handed is inaccurate and goes out on the bottom.