On April 8, one of the matches of the 29th round of the Italian Championship was held. They met Lazio (Rome) and Juventus (Turin).
Italian Championship, Week 29
Lazio (Rome) - Juventus (Turin) - 2:1 (1:1)
Goals: Milinkovic-Savic (38), Zacchagna (53) - Rabiot (42)
Warnings: Bonucci (41), Locatelli (45+3), Sandro (45), Juan Cuadrado (51), Ivan Provedel (78), Milinkovic-Savic (86), Fabio Miretti (90+6)
The highly anticipated Serie A match between Lazio and Juventus took place at the Stadio Olimpico, with both teams looking to win valuable three points. Both sides played with intensity and determination in the first half, leading to a 1-1 score at halftime. Lazio opened the scoring in the 38th minute with a fantastic goal by S. Milinkovic-Savic, to the delight of the home crowd. However, Juventus responded almost immediately with a 42nd minute equalizer, scored by A. Rabiot. The second half was just as intense, with both teams keen to win. In the 53rd minute, Lazio struck again and M. Zacchagna scored the decisive goal to put the hosts in front again.
Juventus made several substitutions: F. Kostic, D. Vlahovic and M. Locatelli were replaced by F. Chiesa, A. Milic and L. Paredes respectively. Lazio also made substitutions: C. Immobile replaced Pedro, D. Cataldi replaced M. Vecino and M. Zacchagna replaced T. Basic in the 84th minute. The match was tense, with Juventus players receiving several yellow cards, including L. Bonucci, Alex Sandro and M. Locatelli. Lazio also received two yellow cards: I. Provedel and S. Milinkovic-Savic were cautioned in the 78th and 86th minutes respectively. The match ended with the score 2-1 in favor of Lazio, to the delight of the home team and their fans. Thanks to this result Lazio rose up in the Serie A table, while Juventus suffered another defeat in an uncharacteristically difficult season for the Italian giants.
In the next round the following matches await the opponents: Spezia vs Lazio and Sassuolo vs Juventus.
| Lazio | Juventus | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Goals on goal | 4 |
| 9 | Strokes | 11 |
| 2 | Blocked kicks | 3 |
| 5 | Kicks from the penalty area | 9 |
| 4 | Kicks from behind the penalty box | 2 |
| 11 | Violations | 14 |
| 5 | Corner | 6 |
| 1 | Offsides | 0 |
| 51% | Ball possession | 49% |
| 2 | Yellow cards | 4 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 3 | Saves by goalkeeper | 2 |
| 448 | Total assists | 422 |
| 379 | Accurate passes | 360 |
| 85% | Accuracy of transmissions | 85% |