07/20/2020 - 15:03
- Clarín.com
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Juventus hosts Lazio, one of the most demanding games that remains ahead of the end of the Serie A and the search of their ninth consecutive title.
At Juventus Stadium, he will collide face to face with the rival who knew how to be his most serious enemy for a good part of the season , but who deflated since the resumption of competition.
Juventus had the siege of Lazio in the beginning of 2020, since the capital team had started the year with a streak of eight wins and a single draw (in the classic against Rome), which led to being only one point behind the Vecchia Signora when activity in Europe was halted by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Thus, the restart had them with 63 points for Juve and 62 for Lazio , and with 12 dates to be played until the end of the championship.
Since the return of the activity, while Juventus obtained 14 points on 21 played, the whole of the capital only obtained seven, and the difference between the two stretched to eight units, so much so that Lazio fell from second to fourth place in the table.
Now, the Turin team is going through a slump, for which it has been three games without winning . He lost to Milan 4 to 2 in a game that he won 2 to 0, while he drew agonizingly against Atalanta (2 to 2) and, in his last commitment, he had to settle for a point at 3 to 3 against Sassuolo in the one that also had to overcome.
Said slump could be taken advantage of in part by Inter, who obtained seven of the last nine points they played and, with one more match, was five units behind Juventus, as the only escort in the championship. This Sunday he could have put more pressure on the pointer, but he barely rescued a draw on the hour in his visit to Rome.
Ronaldo has scored seven goals since the championship resumed in Italy. (Reuters)
After playing against Lazio, Juventus has three smaller rivals coming , such as Udinese, Sampdoria and Cagliari, although they will not have to be trusted if they do not raise their level, regardless of the opponent in front of them.
This match will have the addition of the duel for the Serie A scorer starring Ciro Immobile and Cristiano Ronaldo , who are separated by only a little (29-28) in favor of the Roman captain, who however entered a drought with which it drags 412 minutes without converting: its last goal was on date 29, at 2 to 1 over Torino.
Ronaldo, by contrast, since Serie A's return in June, has scored seven goals against just two by Immobile .
Ciro Immobile is still the Serie A top scorer, but he comes on a losing streak and Ronaldo haunts him. (Reuters)
To welcome the Romans, Juventus coach Maurizio decided to include the Brazilian Douglas Costa among the starters to accompany Cristiano Ronaldo and Paulo Dybala. Gonzalo Higuaín, for his part, is among the substitutes.
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