El Juventus hit the bottom this Sunday and after falling home against the newly promoted Benevento (0-1) for a goal by the Argentine Adolfo Gaich, he finished third in the standings, ten points behind the leader Inter de Milano, which is close to jumping to the title.
Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, who left the field visibly disappointed, was the image that best describes the state of mind of an impotent Juventus, which, after being eliminated in the eighth finals of the Champions League against him Porto, He sees his last chances of retaining the league title for the 10th year in a row melt away.
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The people of Andrea Pirlo they were ten points behind the Inter leader, with the same number of games, with eleven rounds for the final. They fell in front of Benevento Filippo Inzaghi, who spent four years scoring 89 goals for Juventus in his playing career and who picked up a game of great tactical attention, suffering and commitment that was rewarded twenty minutes from the end, when Pirlo’s team paid for another serious fun.
Brazilian Arthur Melo passed a horizontal pass that crossed his penalty area and Gaich, attentive to the pressure, intercepted it, anticipating the Brazilian Danilo Luiz Da Silva already Leonardo Bonucci and exceeded the Polish target Wojciech Szczesny to give Benevento an advantage. It was the second goal of the Argentine striker in Serie A, after the goal scored two weeks ago, in his first game as a starter, against him Spice.
Juventus’ reaction was led by Cristiano, who came close to equalizing with a Chilean attempt and a strong shot inside the area which was rejected by the Benevento goalkeeper. Lorenzo Montipó, but Juventus could not avoid another obstacle.
It was the fourth defeat of the year for a Juventus that failed to launch more than three consecutive victories and sees “Scudetto” closer and closer. Milan.
EFE