Last Updated: April 17, 2023, 01:07 IST
Juventus face Sporting in Lisbon of their Europa league return leg on Thursday. (Image: Juventus FC/Twitter)
Juve, seventh within the standings on 44 factors, missed the prospect to shut the hole to the highest six and stay 4 factors behind Atalanta
Juventus fell to a 1-0 loss at Sassuolo after a second-half purpose by substitute Gregoire Defrel earned the factors in Serie A on Sunday, condemning Massimiliano Allegri’s facet to successive league defeats for the primary time this season.
Juve, seventh within the standings on 44 factors, missed the prospect to shut the hole to the highest six and stay 4 factors behind Atalanta, who go to ninth-placed Fiorentina on Monday.
For Juventus, who took a small step in direction of the final 4 of the Europa League with a 1-0 residence victory over Sporting within the first leg of their quarter-final on Thursday, this was their first consecutive defeat in Serie A since October 2021.
Juve misplaced 2-1 at Lazio of their final league outing.
After a cautious begin on Sunday, the match sprung to life when Sassuolo midfielder Maxime Lopez examined Juventus goalkeeper Mattia Perin with a header within the fifty fifth minute.
A minute later Perin pulled off one other good save to maintain out Defrel’s towering header following a nook.
However, the halftime substitute ultimately broke the impasse within the sixty fourth minute, firing inside the appropriate put up on the rebound following a nook.
Juve got here near discovering an equaliser 9 minutes later via Adrien Rabiot who leapt contained in the field to attach with Angel Di Maria’s nook however keeper Andrea Consigli beautifully turned the ball over the bar.
Di Maria, who changed Arkadiusz Milik simply earlier than the hour, had an opportunity quarter-hour from time when he met a elegant cross from Federico Chiesa however narrowly missed the goal.
Allegri introduced on Paul Pogba within the last 10 minutes for the Frenchman’s third league look of an injury-plagued season however the Turin facet didn’t come any nearer to scoring.
Juventus, for whom profitable the Europa League stays their more than likely route into subsequent season’s Champions League, face Sporting in Lisbon of their Europa league return leg on Thursday earlier than internet hosting runaway Serie A leaders Napoli subsequent Sunday.
Sassuolo, who moved up three locations to tenth on 40 factors from 30 video games, journey to Salernitana on Saturday.
Sixteenth-placed Lecce, 5 factors above the relegation zone, drew 1-1 at residence to Sampdoria who’re rooted to the underside of the desk 10 factors adrift of the protection line, whereas Torino, in eleventh, had the identical scoreline towards Fifteenth-placed Salernitana.
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