🧨 Juve snatch 2-2 at the death: Lazio stunned, Spalletti 🤯 | OneFootball

Spalletti’s Juve draws 2-2 against Lazio in the final moments: after goals from Pedro (45'+2) and Isaksen (47'), McKennie (59') and Kalulu respond at the very last second in the 96th minute after a final siege that saw the Bianconeri take 23 shots in the second half.

Juventus climbs to 46 points, +3 over Roma, who will play Cagliari on Monday. Lazio rises to 33 points.

In the first half, Juve attacks consistently, often entering the box, and Provedel is forced to save a Bremer header. In the 26th minute, Cabal falls in the box after contact with Gila, play continues and Koopmeiners scores from outside the area: goal disallowed for active offside by Thuram and no VAR review of the incident.

This last decision leaves Luca Marelli on DAZN perplexed: "For me, it was a penalty." Lazio enters the box only a few times and only with Isaksen, until 45'+2 when Maldini steals the ball from Locatelli in midfield, serves Pedro who shoots in the box: Bremer deflects the ball, Di Gregorio is deceived and 1-0 on Lazio’s first shot on target.

At the start of the second half, 2-0 comes immediately: Cataldi launches, Cambiaso is caught out by Isaksen who shoots right-footed under the crossbar. Juve goes on the attack and after sustained pressure finds the 1-2 with McKennie: Cambiaso crosses and the American heads it in.

The Bianconeri dominate the game, shoot several times, and after yet another defensive save, Spalletti releases the tension with a kick of the ball, hitting someone behind him but without serious consequences.

In the final minutes, all of Juve’s attackers come on, a goal by McKennie is disallowed for clear offside, and Noslin wastes a shot in motion after a counterattack. In the 96th minute, Boga crosses for Kalulu who makes it 2-2 with a header; in the dying moments, Openda has another chance but misses.

🤯 Kalulu equalizes in the 96th! Assist by Boga

MINUTE 96 – Just seconds before the final whistle, Juve makes it 2-2: Boga’s cross (who came on in the 77th minute) from the left and Kalulu scores with a header in the Bianconeri’s final assault.

❌ McKennie’s goal disallowed, Lazio wastes a chance

MINUTES 82 and 86 – Kalulu crosses from the right and it’s blocked, the defender crosses again low and McKennie scores the tap-in but is clearly offside.

Soon after, Juventus pushes forward and Lazio counters: Tavares plays it across, the ball is laid off to Noslin who shoots way over from the penalty spot.

🤕 Gila gets injured too

MINUTE 77 – After Basic’s injury in the first half (replaced at the start of the second half) and Conceicao’s (during warm-up), Gila also gets injured in the 77th minute with a muscle problem. Romagnoli comes on for him.

😡 Spalletti, accidental ball hit to a person

MINUTE 70 – After a clearance by Nuno Tavares in the center of the box, Spalletti vents his frustration by kicking a ball that hits someone behind him non-violently. The coach apologizes and, fortunately, there are no consequences. Reported by DAZN.

💥 McKennie pulls one back: 1-2 with a header!

MINUTE 59 – Juventus attacks constantly and pulls one back, scoring 1-2: after sustained pressure, Cambiaso crosses from the left, McKennie is alone in the box and heads the ball off the inside post, and it goes in.

RANDOM STATS: New season goal record for McKennie in Italy, including all competitions. 4 goals in the league + 3 in the Champions League: 7 goals surpassing the 6 scored in the 2020/21 season across all competitions.

🧨 Isaksen makes it 2-0, escapes behind Cambiaso

MINUTE 48 – Cataldi launches first time for Isaksen, who escapes behind Cambiaso, Lazio’s winger enters the box and shoots right-footed (not his preferred foot): the ball goes under the crossbar.

RANDOM STATS: It’s Isaksen’s 3rd goal in this Serie A, matching his first season at Lazio and just one goal away from the 4 he scored last season.

🤕 Problem for Conceicao, doesn’t come on

At the start of the second half, Luciano Spalletti wanted to bring on Conceicao, called up at the last minute due to a physical problem. However, the Portuguese player felt pain during warm-up: substitution canceled and Zhegrova comes on instead.

💣 Pedro makes it 1-0, Locatelli’s ERROR but... was it a foul? 😱

MINUTE 45+2 – Locatelli loses the ball to Maldini who holds the midfielder slightly, Pedro receives in the box and shoots: Bremer deflects the shot and Di Gregorio is deceived.

According to Marelli it was right to let play continue: "There’s a slight hold but it doesn’t influence the play."

Lazio’s 1-0 comes with their first and only shot on target of the first half.

🤯 Koop’s goal disallowed, was a penalty on Cabal missed?

MINUTE 26 – Cabal enters the box from the left and falls after contact with Gila, referee Chiffi lets play continue and in the continuation of the action Koopmeiners scores from outside the area. The goal is disallowed because Thuram is offside and blocks Provedel’s view.

No penalty for Cabal and goal disallowed, decisions on which Marelli of DAZN has two different opinions: "Koopmeiners’ goal cannot stand because Thuram is offside and even lifts his leg, his position has an impact."

"The contact on Cabal is very borderline: in my opinion it’s a penalty, it’s a careless challenge. The ball is played away but Gila’s intervention is late."

❗Provedel on Bremer: "Provstgaard outjumped" in the air

MINUTE 15 – First real chance: cross from Kalulu from the midfield and header by Bremer who jumps much higher than Provstgaard, the Brazilian had stayed up after a corner. Good save by Provedel.

👀 Marusic’s arm: all clear

MINUTE 3 – In the box there’s a deflection between David and Marusic, with the ball bouncing off the arm and side of the Lazio player: a deflection too close to be considered a foul.

💥 Chiellini: "Spalletti renewal? NO rush and NO doubts!"

Giorgio Chiellini, Director of Football Strategy at Juventus, spoke to DAZN before Juventus-Lazio:

“We are very happy with Spalletti, with what he’s doing, but I think you can also see in his words the joy in coaching Juventus. Everything has its time, there’s no rush, but also no doubts. He came with great desire to coach Juventus, signed a contract without any guarantees because he wanted to challenge himself and he’s doing great, so he is definitely part of the present and future of this team.”

🗣️ Sarri: "Why isn’t Romagnoli playing? Maldini and Taylor..."

Maurizio Sarri, Lazio coach, was interviewed by DAZN before the match against Juventus:

“Romagnoli on the bench? Tonight he’s only on the bench because we have three matches in six days. Maldini’s potential is extremely high. Taylor wasn’t in great physical condition when he arrived, but now he’s improving.”

😅 Locatelli: "Suspended before Inter? Not if you don’t jinx me..."

Manuel Locatelli spoke to DAZN before Juventus-Lazio:

“We’re sorry to be out of the Coppa Italia. Yildiz is a champion, he’s our champion, he’s our star.”

Suspended before Inter-Juve: “Maybe not if you don’t jinx me like you’re doing now (laughs, ed.), but I have to focus on playing well in this match, calmly, without making calculations, then we’ll see.”

✅ Official line-ups

JUVENTUS (4-2-3-1): Di Gregorio; Kalulu, Bremer, Koopmeiners, Cabal; Locatelli, Thuram; Cambiaso, McKennie, Yildiz; David

LAZIO (4-3-3): Provedel; Marusic, Gila, Provstgaard, Tavares; Taylor, Cataldi, Basic; Isaksen, Maldini, Pedro

Kelly and Conceicao are not at their best but have been called up, while Lazzari is absent for Lazio. Romagnoli is on the bench.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇮🇹 here.

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