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Join us for all the build-up and action as it happens from today’s Serie A games, as Venezia-Monza is a relegation dogfight, leaders Inter host Cagliari and Juventus welcome troubled Lecce.
Week 32 began last night with Milan’s 4-0 victory away to Udinese, but today we kick off at 14.00 UK time (13.00 GMT) with a battle at the bottom between Venezia and Monza.
Inter want to bring Champions League form back to Serie A to keep top spot as they face Cagliari at 17.00 UK (16.00 GMT).
Juventus have a must-win game at 19.45 UK against struggling Lecce, as Igor Tudor aims for the top four.
“The energy has changed, we approach games with a lot of positive energy and that is what we need to keep doing. We had the chances to kill the game off earlier and conceded an avoidable goal, but we’re on the right track,” Locatelli told Sky Sport Italia.
“I saw it as more of a physical issue than anything else, as towards the end we lost sharpness and made avoidable mistakes. However, we brought home three fundamental points for us.”
Whatever happens this weekend, Juventus will be fourth.
“That is our objective, we must do everything to achieve it and win every game we have remaining.”
“We are happy for the win, it was hard late on when they pressed us, but we’re pleased,” Kenan Yildiz told Sky Sport Italia.
“It is important to go into the Champions League, it is a must, so we have to continue our work and give our best, as always.”
Whatever happens in Bergamo tomorrow, Juventus will be in fourth place.
If Atalanta win, they leapfrog Bologna.
If Bologna win, they leapfrog Atalanta.
If it’s a draw, they are level with Atalanta and ahead of Bologna.
| Rank | Teams | Played | Goal difference | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NAP | 38 | 32 | 82 |
| 2 | INT | 38 | 44 | 81 |
| 3 | ATT | 38 | 41 | 74 |
| 4 | JUV | 38 | 23 | 70 |
| 5 | ROM | 38 | 21 | 69 |
| 6 | FIO | 38 | 19 | 65 |
| 7 | LAZ | 38 | 12 | 65 |
| 8 | MIL | 38 | 18 | 63 |
| 9 | BGN | 38 | 10 | 62 |
| 10 | COM | 38 | -3 | 49 |
| 11 | TOR | 38 | -6 | 44 |
| 12 | UDI | 38 | -15 | 44 |
| 13 | GEN | 38 | -12 | 43 |
| 14 | VER | 38 | -32 | 37 |
| 15 | PAR | 38 | -14 | 36 |
| 16 | CAG | 38 | -16 | 36 |
| 17 | LEC | 38 | -31 | 34 |
| 18 | EMP | 38 | -26 | 31 |
| 19 | VEN | 38 | -24 | 29 |
| 20 | MON | 38 | -41 | 18 |
That ended up being a lot more anxious for Juve than they expected!
Juve hanging on now, Gaspar shot charged down on the edge of the area.
Pierret through ball for N’Dri, who runs straight into Kelly on the edge of the area. Potentially obstruction, but Kelly was largely just standing there.
Sore one for Conceicao, Guilbert got into a tangle with him and ended up treading on his foot.
Into 3 minutes of added time, Savona has replaced Kenan Yildiz.
N’Dri pulls it back from the right by-line, deflection takes it behind Helgason, who tries acrobatically to get something on it, ball flashes across the face of goal!
Game on! Helgason sweeps a free kick into the box, Baschirotto with the flicked header that spins in at the far post beyond Di Gregorio’s fingertips!
Juve again get into a totally unnecessary mess, this time with Thuram, so Di Gregorio comes flying off his line to make the decisive block on Rebic!
Renato Veiga with a truly bizarre attempt at a clearance, gifts a corner to Lecce.
Kolo Muani squirms between two to dribble into the box, gets a corner out of it.
Helgason replaces Danilo Veiga for the final Lecce change.
Nico Gonzalez off for Juventus, Conceicao on.
Cambiaso surges forward, cuts inside and hits a scorcher with his left foot, Falcone gets down for a very difficult one-handed save!
Series of Juve crosses that are easy takes for Falcone.
Yildiz corner cleared, Weah sprints back with N’Dri to prevent the counter-attack.
Sky Sport Italia: Koopmeiners had a knock and was struggling, has hobbled straight down the tunnel.
Cambiaso, Kolo Muani and Weah on.
Vlahovic (who looks furious), Koopmeiners and McKennie off.
Juve a bit messier in this half. Lecce creating problems.
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