Third consecutive victory for Juventus, who gain three points against Pisa. Good performance from Gilardino’s team who hits the woodwork twice at 0-0, one with Moreo and the other with Tramoni. In the 65th minute Kelly posts, 8 minutes later the score is broken with Kalulu’s goal. In the 92nd minute Yildiz puts the final seal on the match. Spalletti’s team rises to 32 points in second place, the Nerazzurri remain on 11.
The Juventus coach confirms his trust in Openda and renounces the physical prowess of David, while Gilardino chooses a more buttoned-up formation and has to give up Meister who was knocked out by a last-minute flu attack, with Moreo as the sole striker supported by Tramoni and Leris for an initial 3-4-2-1 which in the defensive phase forms a five-man line with Tourè and Angori moving from full-backs on the right and left respectively to shield any possible Juventus offensive plot, with Juve decisively impalpable in the first half. We therefore need the tactical revolution of the second half to save what can be saved: take three points and end 2025 in full swing for the championship.
Bianconeri on the pitch with mourning on their arms for the death of Maria Sole Agnelli, sister of the Avvocato, but the first half is truly to be forgotten. Team under pace and very few ideas.
Openda’s speed with Pisa blocked behind does not allow them to build a dangerous game and Gilardino’s team defends with order and without particular worries. Indeed, it was the home team who complained about a crossbar, following a corner kick, hit by Moreo with a header at the end of the first half. Yet it was Juve who were the first to appear forward: in the 18th minute Yildiz attempted a dangerous shot towards goal with a right-footed shot that flew over the crossbar. In the 22nd minute Angori loses a bloody ball in the middle of the pitch and Koopmeiners gets away: his shot is deflected into the corner. In the 37th minute, however, the Dutchman’s error gives Pisa a wonderful opportunity: Tramoni is alone in the area but his finish for Moreo is absorbed by the Juventus defense without any worries. A minute later, Leris steals the ball in the defensive midfield and launches Tourè on the counterattack: a low cross from the German, but Tramoni slips and doesn’t get there. In the 44th minute Moreo’s cross and a minute later the attacking Nerazzurri again scare Juve, but Locatelli deflects his diagonal shot into a slide.
In the second half, Juventus’ Pisa emerged from the locker room much better and in the 60th minute the Nerazzurri achieved a certain territorial supremacy with a header by Tramoni with the base of the post which saved the beaten Di Gregorio. Spalletti understands that he cannot go on like this and changes the team. Locatelli was out, who had played well but was booked, and Openda was out and Zhegrova and David were in. The first raises the pace of the Juventus maneuver and the second offers the central reference missing until then to develop noteworthy offensive plots: five minutes and Kelly, unmarked in the area, hits the post with Semper beaten. Juventus grows and with the best maneuvering action and shovel on the ground they find the goal that directs the match: on Mckennie’s cross a winning deflection by Kalulu after a rebound with Calabresi. In the 81st minute Juve again, with a nice left-footed shot from outside the area by Zhegrova that challenges the Nerazzurri goalkeeper. In the final Gilardino tries everything: Lorran comes in and also the very young Buffon, 18 years old tomorrow, to challenge his father Gigi’s Juventus for a few minutes in front of the excited eyes of mother Alena Seredova, present in the stands. But it is still the Bianconeri who score with Yildiz and close the score in the 47th minute and the year with a victory that puts Spalletti’s team back in the championship race.
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