In the penultimate round of the 19th Italian championship, the clubs Milan "Inter" and Rome's "Lazio" stepped into the battle. Both of them started the season excellently, but as it approached the middle, they encountered difficulties.
The "Fashion Capital" footballers sought to recover from two losses in the "Serie A" and elimination from the "Coppa Italia" tournament, while "Lazio," breathing down the neck of the strongest quartet, had a great opportunity to take points from one of their main competitors.
However, neither team achieved their goals at the "San Siro" stadium, as creating opportunities proved to be difficult, even though the match was intriguing.
Felipe Anderson had perhaps the best chance to score in the 80th minute. This "Lazio" defender failed to take advantage of a great pass from Ciro Immobile during a counterattack.
The final whistle of the referee confirmed the result 0-0. This means that both teams have allowed yesterday's winner "Napoli" to pull ahead, and Turin's "Juventus" later took advantage of the same opportunity.
Massimiliano Allegri's second-placed wards won the last match of this year's "Serie A" by defeating Verona's "Hellas". However, it was not easy to beat the opponents fighting for survival.
Everything looked good when the "bianconeri" introduced Blaise Matuidi in the already seventh minute, but after nearly an hour Martin Caceres equalized the score. The former "Juve" defender unleashed a great long shot.
Then for not the first time this season, Paulo Dybala shone. This sniper from Argentina initially changed the score using Stephano Lichtsteiner's pass, and in the 77th minute scored his second goal by outplaying several opponents.
The match ended with a score of 3-1 and such a finish allows the "Juventus" players to fall behind the first place by just one point.
Results:
"Inter" 0 - 0 "Lazio"
"Hellas" 1 - 3 "Juventus" [0-1] 6' Blaise Matuidi [1-1] 59' Martin Caceres [1-2] 72' Paulo Dybala [1-3] 77' Paulo Dybala
