A highly delicate clash at the Via del Mare as Lecce, chasing potentially decisive survival points, host Juventus, who need a win to avoid putting their Champions League spot at risk with Roma looming just one point behind.
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In the reverse fixture, the Salentini held the Bianconeri in the infamous match of David’s dreadful penalty, which marked the lowest point of the Canadian’s time in black and white.
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😮💨 N'Dri scare: goal illusion. Conceição foul and celebration
MINUTE 76 – Kalulu makes a mistake and sends N'Dri through on goal. He breaks in and shoots left-footed. The ball goes wide, but into the side netting, fooling a good part of the Via del Mare into celebrating.
Shortly after, a huge burst from Chico Conceição, who after stopping Coulibaly with a vital tactical foul, gets booked but celebrates as if he had scored, passing his adrenaline on to his teammates.
❌ Vlahovic scores but is offside. Kalulu doubles up
MINUTE 47 – Juventus double their lead but it’s offside: Cambiaso shoots, Vlahovic is first denied by Falcone and then scores, but after a silent check the offside is given, so it stays 1-0.
MINUTE 58 – Juventus make it 2-0, once again, this time through Kalulu after being set up by Cambiaso. Once again, though, there is a razor-thin offside by Dusan Vlahovic at the start of the move. This time the referee is called to the monitor to decide whether the Serbian impacts Siebert or not, and Colombo rules out the goal again.
❌ Vlahovic wastes it: Yildiz ignored
MINUTE 38 – Juventus win the ball back high up, with Vlahovic running at the opposition defense, going alone and blasting over with his left foot (not by much) from a great position. Yildiz was completely free on the left, but the Serbian ignored him.
🤬 Spalletti furious with Yildiz, Koopmeiners and Bremer
A sideline moment reported by DAZN pitchside reporter Federica Zille. Spalletti, furious with Yildiz, went at the Turk, who after an alleged foul had stayed on the ground to protest. Below is the exact quote from the coach from Certaldo.
"While you were on the ground we had already won the ball back, play!".
Shortly before the half-hour mark, Spalletti also got angry with Koopmeiners and Bremer: "You're pissing me off, play the ball," he said to the Dutchman, while to the Brazilian: "He must not get through horizontally."
🤯 Vlahovic magic, Juve ahead after 12 seconds
MINUTE 1 – 12 SECONDS: enough time to kick off, get the ball to Koopmeiners and Cambiaso, and then Vlahovic does the rest. A flowing control in the penalty area surrounded by three defenders and a left-footed finish under the bar. Incredible start.
A record goal for Juve: it is the fastest in the club’s history, according to Opta.
MINUTE 3 – Immediate Lecce response: ball played in for Cheddira, who pounces in the six-yard box but is denied by Di Gregorio, excellent with the save.
MINUTE 4 – Crazy start: Juve break through again but Conceição hits the post.
🗣️ Spalletti’s words
Juventus coach Luciano Spalletti spoke before the match against Lecce. Here are his words to DAZN.
"Before there were alternatives and now there aren’t any more: this is the road, we have to win this match. Unfortunately, to win matches, if you are Juventus, you don’t manage pressure, you have to know how to use it because it is constant and continuous. Then of course, as Elkann said earlier in Taormina with Juve fans, what our future must be is a solid team, built on a serious and genuine project based on growth, with players who must be able to show this level, otherwise it means we got something wrong. The fans always support us.
Vlahovic? A bit of everything is asked of Dusan because you can even just fire the ball at him, and at times we’ll need to use him as an outlet when they press us. I know Di Francesco, I know how he works, and he is a coach of tremendous quality.
✅ Official lineups
LECCE (4-2-3-1): Falcone, D. Veiga, Tiago Gabriel, Siebert, Gallo, Ramadani, Ngom, Pierotti, Coulibaly, Banda, Cheddira. Coach: Di Francesco
JUVENTUS (4-2-3-1): Di Gregorio, Kalulu, Bremer, Kelly, Cambiaso; Locatelli, Koopmeiners; Conceição, McKennie, Yildiz, Vlahovic.
A formation change, then, for Luciano Spalletti, who switches to a back four.
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