Serie A - 2-0 victory over Spezia, Juventus won 3 consecutive victories

2023-02-20 10:05

Serie A - 2-0 victory over Spezia, Juventus won 3 consecutive victories


The 23rd round of the 2022/23 Serie A season ushered in another focus game. Juventus, who went to the away game, relied on Di Maria's goal to expand in the second half after Krstic assisted Keane to score in the first half. Taking the lead, they finally defeated Spezia 2-0 and successfully won 3 consecutive league victories.


Less than a minute after the game started, Locatelli was shown a yellow card by the referee for a foul. In the 8th minute, Juventus got a left corner kick. Paredes took the penalty and drove the ball to the back point, but the Spezia players stepped forward in time to make a clearance.


In the 10th minute, Krstic made a mistake when passing the ball. Spezia got the ball and launched an attack. Wilder received the ball from the right side of the front field and scored a long shot in the penalty area. However, the angle of the shot was too straight and the ball was caught. Juventus goalkeeper confiscated. In the 16th minute, Cuadrado sent a long pass from the backcourt. Vlahovic made a one-handed attack into the penalty area and scored the goal. However, the goal was ruled invalid due to offside.


In the 24th minute, Locatelli made some adjustments after getting the ball from outside the penalty area and then shot from a long distance, but the ball was blocked by the opposing player. In the 31st minute, Paredes received the ball from the left side of the front field and then sent a diagonal ball. Krstic dribbled the ball into the baseline from the left side and then sent a cross. Keane volleyed from the middle of the penalty area and scored. Juventus took the lead 1-0.


Juventus rise to 7th place in the standings


In the 39th minute, Spezia organized an offensive opportunity. Wilder sent a cross from the right side of the penalty area. Shomurodov nodded from behind but was confiscated by the Juventus goalkeeper.


From the beginning of the second half to the 48th minute, Sandro made a cross from the left side of the frontcourt, and Keane headed the goal from the middle of the penalty area but missed the post. In the 59th minute, Ekdal got the ball from outside the penalty area and shot hard, but the ball was blocked. In the 64th minute, Juventus got a corner kick. Di Maria, who came off the bench, took the penalty. Then Sandro nodded and then rubbed, but the ball went higher than the post.


In the 66th minute, Di Maria made a low shot from the penalty area facing multiple defenders, and the ball went straight to the dead corner of the goal and scored, helping Juventus expand their lead 2-0. In the 71st minute, Jassy took over the inverted triangle cross from his teammate from the middle of the penalty area and shot a strong shot, but the ball was saved by the Juventus goalkeeper.


In the 85th minute, Yiling sent a pick pass. After getting the ball, Vlahovic scored into the penalty area and volleyed from the left side but it was higher. In the end, Juventus defeated Spezia 2-0. After winning 3 consecutive league victories, Juventus rose to 7th place in the standings with 32 points, 12 points away from the Champions League qualification zone.