Ryad (AFP)
In the championship, then in the Super Cup: Lazio Rome is the only team to have dropped Juventus this season and it did it twice, winning the fifth Super Cup in its history on Sunday by defeating the Turinese 3-1 in Riyadh , in Saudi Arabia.
On December 7, the Romans won by the same score in Serie A, in a raging Olympic Stadium in Rome.
The atmosphere was different on Sunday in Saudi Arabia, where the Italian Super Cup competed for the second year in a row and where it will be played again next season.
Because the stadium of King Fahd, where many women were present, was completely won over to the cause of Juve, whose jerseys were flocked in Arabic, and of Cristiano Ronaldo, whose every gesture was greeted by an ovation.
But the result was therefore identical, Lazio showing itself to be superiorly organized and not at all impressed by the value of the opposing players.
This fifth Supercup took shape in the 16th minute with the opening of the score by Luis Alberto, after a good job from Lulic then from Milinkovic-Savic.
Just before the break, Dybala equalized by taking a shot from Ronaldo badly rejected by Strakosha (45 ').
But despite the presence on the lawn of the Higuain-Ronaldo-Dybala trio, Juve was not very threatening and Lazio remained in control of the game.
And in the 73rd minute, Lulic gave the Romans the advantage with a good volley of law. At the very end of the match, Lazio got a good free kick on a counter. Cataldi turned it into a goal, and Lazio triumphed (3-1, 90 + 4).
Juventus for its part is attacked from all sides. Beaten in the Supercup, she is also threatened in Serie A, where although still at the top of the ranking, she is now on equal points with Inter Milan after 17 days.
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