Serie A: Juventus regains the podium after their victory in Empoli, Lecce secures against Salernitana

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By: Manu Tournoux

The 3rd day of Serie A ended this Sunday evening with two new confrontations on the program. In the first, Juventus moved on the lawn of Empoli. The Bianconeri, who remained on a victory against Udinese and a draw against Bologna, took control of the game and Danilo opened the scoring quickly, after a corner then a mess in the opposing penalty area, while the referee finally whistled a foul from the captain of the Old Lady (10th). But it was only a postponement since the Brazilian defender scored the first goal of this game 15 minutes later on the same action as on his first goal disallowed without fault on the other hand (24th, 0-1). Ten minutes later, Federico Gatti collapsed in the opposing area in contact with Youssef Maleh and the referee designated the penalty spot without any hesitation. Dusan Vlahovic started but the Serbian striker saw Etrit Berisha stop his attempt (39th).

Returning from the locker room, Federico Chiesa missed the break goal (59th) while Paul Pogba, who came into play only a few minutes earlier, saw his goal be disallowed for an offside position ahead of Dusan Vlahovic on his assist. (67th). At the end of the match, Federico Chiesa came back to the charge and the Italian winger, who went alone against, eliminated the Empoli goalkeeper and finished the eccentric work on the left side to kill the suspense in this match (82nd, 0-2 ). If Timothy Weah crossed and found Arkadiusz Milik, the Pole sent his head shot on the bar (90th + 1) and Moise Kean found the uprights one last time after additional time (90th + 5). Thanks to this victory, Juventus are back on the third step of the Serie A podium. In the other meeting of this evening, Lecce received Salernitana. The locals also won after a goal signed Nikola Krstovic shortly after the start of the match (6th, 1-0) and another in the last moments of this match through Gabriel Strefezza (90th + 8, 2-0). Roberto D’Aversa’s players continue their very good start to the season as they now occupy 4th place in the Italian championship.

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