Juventus shocked as Udinese hand Inter title present

Inter Milan have a seven-point lead and a recreation in hand on the prime of Serie A after their closest challengers Juventus fell to a shock 1-0 dwelling defeat to Udinese on Monday.

Udinese's Lautaro Giannetti celebrates scoring their first goal with teammates(REUTERS)
Udinese’s Lautaro Giannetti celebrates scoring their first aim with teammates(REUTERS)

Juve’s title hopes took successful on the Allianz Stadium in Turin after Lautaro Giannetti poked dwelling the one aim of the sport within the twenty fifth minute.

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Argentine defender Giannetti’s strike was his first since signing for Udinese final month and gave his group simply their third league win of the season.

Gabriele Cioffi’s Udinese are three factors above the relegation zone after consigning disappointing Juve to their second straight defeat after final weekend’s slim loss at Inter.

“Unfortunately it’s not a great period for us right now,” mentioned Juve coach Massimiliano Allegri.

“We need to get our focus back because we still need to get a lot more points if we’re going to qualify for the Champions League.”

Juve, lacking injured striker Dusan Vlahovic, can don’t have any complaints as they created little or no and have been booed off by their dwelling followers annoyed on the poor efficiency and their group’s wilting title problem.

The closest Juve got here to equalising was close to the hour mark when Arkadiusz Milik nodded in from a nook, however the aim was dominated out for Federico Chiesa’s cross going out of play.

A primary dwelling defeat of the season for Allegri’s facet might hardly have come at a greater time for Inter, who beat Roma 4-2 on Saturday.

The league leaders have a tricky run of fixtures, together with Atletico Madrid within the final 16 of the Champions League and their recreation in hand with Atalanta, developing over the following few weeks.

Juve in the meantime are actually trying over their shoulders as AC Milan are only a level behind them in third because of a 1-0 win over Napoli on Sunday evening.

Source web site: www.hindustantimes.com

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