Injury-time Goal Gives New Lazio Coach Tudor Winning Debut Over Former Club Juventus

ROME: A stoppage-time aim by Lazio defender Adam Marusic downed Juventus 1-0 and gave coach Igor Tudor a successful debut in Serie A on Saturday.

Marusic headed dwelling a last-gasp cross by substitute Matteo Guendouzi to safe the victory in Rome.

Lazio rose previous defending champion Napoli into seventh place, whereas Juventus was left in third place with only one win in 9 rounds.

Tudor changed Maurizio Sarri two weeks in the past earlier than the worldwide break. As a participant, Tudor helped Juventus win Italian titles in 2002 and 2003 whereas making 112 profession appearances within the league for the group from Turin.

NAPOLI TAKES KNEE

Napoli gamers took a knee earlier than their 3-0 loss to Atalanta in a public present of help for teammate Juan Jesus. The gesture got here after a sports activities decide dominated Inter Milan defender Francesco Acerbi is not going to face sanctions for allegedly racially abusing Jesus, who’s Black, in a Serie A match as a result of there wasn’t sufficient proof.

Atalanta, at sixth place, boosted its possibilities for a Champions League berth.

Aleksei Miranchuk and Gianluca Scamacca took benefit of some timid defending by Napoli to offer Atalanta a two-goal lead earlier than halftime at Diego Maradona Stadium. Teun Koopmeiners accomplished the win with a late aim for the guests.

Napoli had back-to-back possibilities to get again within the sport early within the second half when Piotr Zieliński hit the submit seconds earlier than Atalanta goalkeeper Marco Carnesecchi pushed Victor Osimhen’s try onto the opposite submit.

“We’re too fragile. Right now we paid for an angle that left us susceptible,” Napoli coach Francesco Calzona stated. “We should be extra strong.”

OTHER RESULTS

Torino ahead Antonio Sanabria transformed a penalty halfway via the second half to down Monza 1-0. Monza completed with 10 males after Mateo Pessina received a second reserving shortly after his group fell behind.

Relegation-threatened Frosinone drew at Genoa 1-1 after Reinier canceled out Albert Guðmundsson’s opener for the hosts.

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