Juventus got rid of its "exceptional complex" at the beginning of the current season, after achieving its first victory at the expense of its host Spezia 3-2, Wednesday, in the fifth stage of the Italian League, while Milan joined its neighbor Inter, the defending champion, to the top by beating Venezia 2-0.
After failing to win during the first four stages, in a scenario that had not happened since the 1961-1962 season, Juventus breathed a sigh of relief by achieving its first victory, which came with great difficulty.
The new-old coach, Massimiliano Allegri, was in dire need of this victory, which is hoped to give the "old lady" team the necessary push to launch its season after the disappointing start at home, in contrast to his continental career, which he started with a win outside his rules over Malmo Sweden 3-0 in the Champions League.
It is certain that the departure of a star such as Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo from any team will have a negative impact, but the problem of Juventus began last season, even with the presence of the best player in the world five times and his prolific goals, which eventually led to him relinquishing the league title after he monopolized it for nine consecutive seasons.
With the Spanish Alvaro Morata, who scored the goal in the last stage over Milan (1-1), in favor of returning to the club again, Moise Kean, and with the participation of Federico Chiesa, after he scored his return from injury as a substitute in Sunday's match, Juventus revealed his intentions early and imposed his dominance on the meeting. But without effectiveness in front of goal.
However, "Al-Faraj" came in the 28th minute through Kane, who received the ball after the French Adrian Rabiot headed it for him, so he hit the ground from the outskirts of the area to the right of the goalkeeper, scoring his first goal with "Bianconeri" after returning.
But the scenario of the past four stages was repeated, because Spezia quickly managed to equalize with a superb goal by Italian-Ghana Emmanuel Gyasi, who penetrated into the left side before launching the ball arc from the outskirts of the area almost to the upper left corner of the goal of Polish goalkeeper Wojciech Szczyni (d.33). .
According to "Opta" for statistics, Juventus shook the net for the nineteenth consecutive game in the local league, something that has not happened with the Turin giant since 1955, when it failed to keep a clean sheet in 21 consecutive matches.
Things got more and more complicated at the beginning of the second half, when Spezia snatched the goal of the lead from a quick counter-attack through the French Janis Antist, who started from the middle of the field and then manipulated Leonardo Bonucci inside the penalty area before hitting the ball to the right of Cecchini (D.49).
Despite the entry of Manuel Locatelli and after him Morata, Juventus struggled to reach the net until the 66th minute, when Chiesa managed to equalize with his quarrel, as he took the ball from the defender and penetrated it into the area before passing it to Morata, who failed to pay it, but it was prepared in front of the former Fiorentina player, and he put it in the net.
The comeback was completed when Dutch defender Matthijs de Ligt snatched the winning goal after a corner kick that the defense was unable to remove properly, so the ball fell in front of the former Ajax player and he hit the net in the 72nd minute.
Milan wins
And at the "San Siro" stadium, Milan, aspiring to win its first title since 2011, achieved its fourth victory of the season against a draw (in the previous stage against Juventus), and it came at the expense of its guest Venezia 2-0 thanks to the contribution of the French substitutes Theo Hernandez and the Belgian Alexis Salimakers.
Despite field control, and some dangerous opportunities for Croatian Ante Rebic and Portuguese Rafael Leao, Milan failed to reach the net in the first half of the meeting, which he played in the absence of the veteran Swedish star Zlatan Ibrahimovic because he did not recover from a new injury that kept him from the team for the third match in a row.
And after he missed a golden opportunity at the beginning of the second half after he headed the ball out of the three woods (52), he replaced the Spaniard Ibrahim Dias and opened the scoring for Milan in the 68th minute after a team game in which the substitute Salemakers, the Algerian Ismail Bin Nasser and the other substitute, Teo Hernandez, who reversed the ball to Dias, Her last stallion in the net.
Then Hernandez turned to the role of top scorer with a beautiful and powerful shot that secured the three points for Milan after a perfect pass from Salemakers (82), to ensure that coach Stefano Pioli's team joined his neighbor Inter Milan, who won Tuesday against Fiorentina 3-1, to the lead with 13 points each, waiting The Napoli match (12 points) with its host Sampdoria, Thursday.
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