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Inter secured a crucial 1-0 Derby d'Italia win at Juventus to keep their Serie A title hopes alive.

Max Allegri came out with an attacking lineup that actually attacked, not one that sat back and absorbed pressure galore and only had a few scoring chances to ...

It was completely different than when the two teams met in the Supercoppa and Juve were just hanging on for dear life most of the night. There were a lot of mistakes in this game by this refereeing crew, but allowing Skriniar to defend the way he did was ghastly. * On the completely different end of the spectrum, Adrien Rabiot might have been Juventus’ best player in this one. * So did Denis Zakaria! This isn’t a game where we can blame Juve’s midfield for being absolutely terrible like so many times in the past few years. That’s the truth of the matter, that’s one of the biggest things that resulted in Juve not winning this game. For a boyhood Juventino, this is not the game you want to come out of — and yet he was forced to. Instead, we got a shot that was never going to challenge Samir Handanovic in the Inter goal. The amount of times he was trying to be a defenseman in hockey rather than a defender for Inter was shocking. It turned out where Juve had to try and get back into the game after falling behind because Inter’s one shot on target ended up being the thing that was the difference on the scoreboard. Juventus should have scored on so many different occasions — hitting the woodwork in both halves and then coming close on a handful of other shots. Instead, the one goal that was scored was by Inter ... on the second penalty attempt after the initial one was saved by Wojciech Szczesny and then forced to be retaken because Matthijs de Ligt was inches inside of the penalty area milliseconds before Hakan Calhanoglu struck the ball. Simply on the face of it, if I were to tell you Juventus had nearly four times as many shots as Inter Milan in Sunday night’s Derby d’Italia, what would your reaction be?

Against an Inter Milan side who have struggled immensely in 2022, Juve seized the initiative from the get-go and dominated the Derby d'Italia for large swathes.

Mourinho’s side are on a roll and their distinct supremacy in the recent Derby della Capitale depicted their credentials as a late challenger to Juventus for the final Champions League spot. For the time being, though, they appear to be Juventus’ only challenger. Some suspected that the Giallorossi’s season would spiral after Mattia De Sciglio completed an incredible Juventus comeback in that memorable 4-3 win back in January. But they’ve since emerged as one of Serie A’s form sides. Nevertheless, the defeat all but ends their dream of reclaiming the Scudetto. A woeful start to the campaign combined with a blip in late October left them with far too much to do in this regard. Juventus could be ten points adrift of league leaders Milan come Tuesday morning, yet their just five points better off than Jose Mourinho’s AS Roma with seven games to play. Against an Inter Milan side who have struggled immensely in 2022, Juve seized the initiative from the get-go and dominated the Derby d’Italia for large swathes.

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"It's a fundamental step for us. The Juve protests went on for a while afterwards. Further openings came and went before chaos erupted surrounding the penalty award.

Juve and Inter put on a show in Serie A, Man United continue to underwhelm, and Pedri stepped up big for Barcelona with a Messi-esque moment.

And this wasn't as some kind of false nine -- Kane remains a regular presence in the box with his well-timed runs -- but as a genuine, all-around centre-forward capable of putting his skill set at the service of the side. Diego Simeone's substitutions (especially Matheus Cunha and Luis Suarez, who grabbed two goals) helped turn the game and, at the risk of stating the obvious, having plenty of options on the bench is a real boon. Traveling away to Atalanta isn't fun at the best of times, but it becomes downright unpleasant when you're missing your star striker (Victor Osimhen) and half of your starting back four (Giovanni Di Lorenzo and Amir Rrahmani). So Napoli adapted. The Portuguese starlet may never live up to his enormous transfer fee, but, still just 22, he's offering quality and consistency of a sort that we haven't often seen during his time at the club. But it's three big points in the bag that keep them on track ahead of their mega-clash with Manchester City on April 10. He didn't find the net, but he was pivotal in linking play and setting up teammates with his movement. But it didn't influence the game, and frankly, it should go down as nothing more than a piece of football trivia. It took Bayern Munich a while to get going away to Freiburg -- it was tied 1-1 with 20 minutes left -- but don't let the goal sequence fool you. With Karim Benzema and Ferland Mendy returning to the XI, Real were at full strength -- minus Carlo Ancelotti, absent following a positive COVID-19 test -- and still struggled against the usual brave, high-energy game preached by Eduardo "El Chacho" Coudet. There's no argument on Madrid's first penalty, but the second (Jeison Murillo on Rodrygo) looked generous and the third (Kevin Vazquez on Ferland Mendy) even more so. It was the sort of individual game-turning brilliance to which the Camp Nou had become accustomed over the past 15 years, coinciding with the reign of one Lionel Messi. It was not something you see often, either, much less from a kid of Pedri's age. (Yes, there are some fools who think the result is all that matters.) Very few successful teams play reactive football of the sort Allegri served up much of this season, and Sunday night showed Juve can play a different way. The other was Lautaro Martinez, who had already been booked, not getting a second yellow card for his foul on Giorgio Chiellini. Here, I think the referee got it wrong and that he was maybe influenced by not wanting to send somebody off after 23 minutes.

Paulo Dybala is heading out of the Juventus exit door after failing to find an agreement with the club over a new deal.

He said via Tuttomercatoweb: “He is a great player, he makes the difference in any match. They believe the Bianconeri should give him what he wants in a new deal. A move away from Juve after seven years is huge and some of the club’s fans are not entirely convinced it is the right decision.