Italian giants defeated Lazio 2-0 to reach within touching distance of fourth straight league title
Juventus players celebrate winning their Italian league match against Lazio at Juventus Stadium in Turin on Saturday. Juventus won 2-0. (Photo Credit: AFP)
Turin (Italy): Carlos Tevez was again on target as Juventus put one hand on their fourth consecutive Serie ‘A’ title with a commanding 2-0 win over closest challengers Lazio on Saturday. Lazio travelled to Turin hoping to extend their impressive run of wins to nine games and keep city rivals Roma — their direct rivals for the league’s second automatic Champions League spot — at bay.
But Stefano Pioli’s visitors, who had conceded only two goals in their eight-game winning streak, never recovered from going 2-0 down by the half hour after Leonardo Bonucci’s strike added to Tevez’s 17th minute opener.Having racked up 18 Serie ‘A’ goals so far, Tevez leads French forward Jeremy Menez (AC Milan) and Argentinian striker Mauro Icardi (Inter Milan) by two goals.
With seven games remaining, Juventus now hold a 15-point lead over Lazio, with Roma, in third a point further adrift but with a game in hand, looking to reclaim second spot with a win over Atalanta on Sunday.“It’s an important win, we’re not far off our fourth successive title,” Chilean midfielder Arturo Vidal said. “We have to win our next three games and then we can say the title is ours.”
Juve would nine more points to guarantee the title. Having conceded only nine times in 14 outings, Lazio had been the form team of 2015. But their hopes of equalling a club record of nine consecutive wins unravelled in the first half. A hasty clearance in the 17th minute saw Andrea Pirlo head the ball forward and Arturo Vidal rising above his marker to send it into the path of Tevez, who struck.
( Source : AFP )
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