The team of "Juventus" experienced their first failure in this season's Italian "Serie A" championship on Saturday evening.
Unable to take advantage of the opportunity to return to the leader position, the "Juventus" team fell to Rome's "Lazio" with a score of 1:3. The crucial moment of the match occurred in the 69th minute, when Juan Cuadrado received a red card after a VAR review.
J. Cuadrado committed a foul against a "Lazio" player, who, having broken through the Colombian, would have been left alone against the goalkeeper. Juventus representatives - Maurizio Sarri and Leonardo Bonucci were not inclined to agree with the decision of the referee.
"We did not fulfill our tasks, the players were not in their positions," explained M. Sarri the incident regarding his team. "We lost concentration and paid dearly for it."
"Before the match, we had a clear plan in certain positions, but we did not execute it.
In addition, I do not think it was a hundred percent chance to score a goal, as the ball was on the edge. I thought a yellow card would be the right decision. However, this does not change the main fact - we lost control and our positioning on the field," continued the coach.
L. Bonucci also spoke similarly: "We have not yet had a conversation about it (the referee's performance), first we need to calm down, but it is obvious that some decisions were against us.
In the first half, we played excellently - dominated with the ball and did not allow "Lazio" to create real opportunities. In the second half, we stopped attacking and some referee decisions affected the final result."
"Juventus" increased their lagging behind the leader, Inter Milan, to two points after the defeat.
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