21 Juventus shots and an assist from Bekao

Juventus on Thursday had the opportunity to become the champion of Italy for the ninth time in a row. To do this, the Turin team needed to beat the outsider Udinese, who had scored only one point in the last three Serie A games. It seemed that Maurizio Sarri's charges were quite capable of doing this, especially since Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored nine goals after the season resumed, scored in good shape in the summer.

However, in the first half, the Portuguese was not very noticeable. The guests owned the ball, but practically did not create dangerous moments. However, shortly before the break, the favorite still managed to open an account. Center-back Matthijs de Ligt joined the team's protracted attack and hit the far bottom corner from a distance. The rival goalkeeper Juan Musso failed to save his team.

Having scored, the Juventus players began to act more relaxed and at the beginning of the second half allowed the opponent to win back. Elijah Nestorovski head in the fall closed Ken Sema's quality serve from the left flank. A couple of minutes before that, the Macedonian did not realize a one-on-one exit, but the defenders of the Turin people did not increase their vigilance and in the episode with a goal left the striker all alone.

In the time remaining before the final whistle, the guests tried to snatch victory in order to secure the championship three rounds before the end of Serie A, but they managed to overcome the opponent's defense with difficulty. Although Sarri's charges struck 21 shots on goal, only five of them were on target, only one of them in the second half.

And in the added time by the referee, Juventus conceded the second goal altogether. Former CSKA defender Rodrigo Bekao, at the cost of damage, made a productive discount on Seko Fofana. In turn, the midfielder ran away from Alex Sandro, beat de Ligt and shot into the far corner.

Thus, Turin suffered a fifth defeat in the current season of Serie A and were unable to guarantee themselves gold medals ahead of schedule. However, in order to become the champion of Italy for the ninth time in a row, the team still needs to win once. The gap from the second-placed Atalanta is six points. However, over the past five meetings of the national championship, the leader has only one victory, two draws and two defeats.

Moreover, Juve have already lost 18 points in the current Serie A draw, winning during the match. This is the worst result for black and white in the last nine years.

The match between Lazio and Cagliari followed a similar scenario. After the first half, the hosts, the Romans, were inferior with a minimum score. Shortly before the break, Giovanni Simeone, with the help of a ricochet, brought the guests forward.

However, at the very beginning of the second half of the meeting, Sergei Milinkovic-Savic sent the ball to the far top corner with a beautiful kick from the semicircle of the penalty area and restored the status quo on the scoreboard.

And after an hour of play, Ciro Immobile, using Luis Alberto's penetrating pass, scored the winning goal. For the striker, this goal was the 31st in the current season of the Italian championship, and he broke into first place in the tournament scorers race, ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo.

Lazio also managed to interrupt a five-game losing streak in the national championship, for which he scored only one point. Now the Romans are in fourth place in the standings.

Young Boys' step to the championship and Nsame's 29th goal

Meanwhile, in Switzerland, Young Boys have taken another step towards becoming the champion of Switzerland for the third time in a row. On the road, the Bernese defeated Xamax, the last of the standings, with a minimum score.

The Young Boys took advantage of the misfire of the main pursuer of St. Gallen, who lost to Basel (0: 5), and three rounds before the finish were ahead of the second place by five points.

The only goal in the 8th minute was scored by Jean-Pierre Nsame. For the Cameroonian striker, this goal was the 29th in the current season of the Swiss Super League. However, it will not be easy for the attacker to break the tournament scoring record. For 86 years it has been owned by Leopold Kilholz, who scored 40 times in the 1933/34 season.

Danish championship miss 

And the semifinal match of the Danish championship for the right to play in the Europa League between Odense and Horsens was remembered for the incredible miss of Odense striker Issam Zhebali. In the middle of the first half, the Tunisian striker miraculously missed an empty net. In this case, the opponent's goalkeeper could only watch how the opponent sends the ball above the gate from a couple of meters.

This failure did not prevent Zhebali's team from winning with a score of 3: 1. Odense won the first match in the semi-finals of the mini-tournament for a ticket to the LE.

The anger of Dynamo fans and a harsh rebuke from Surkis 

Finally, there was an unexpected coaching appointment in Ukrainian football on Thursday. Mircea Lucescu took the post of mentor of one of the strongest teams in the country - Dynamo Kiev. The ex-head coach of Zenit headed the blue and white, despite the fact that for 12 years he worked in the camp of the principal rival - Shakhtar (from 2004 to 2016). Moreover, the Romanian did not work anywhere after leaving the Turkish national team at the beginning of 2019.

Dynamo fans perceived Lucescu's appointment extremely negatively. So, active fans of the team in their Telegram channel “WBC | Ultras Dynamo "wrote that the club's management lost" all the remnants of common sense, honor and dignity. "

“The appointment of the 74-year-old coach, who has repeatedly spoken incorrectly about Dynamo, is a spit in the eyes of all fans, and the Surkis must be aware of the consequences this will entail. At the moment, we appeal to all Dynamo employees who have at least a drop of self-respect: all that remains for you in the current situation is to write a letter of resignation. All Dynamo fans ... please follow the news - the protests will not be long in coming, ”the statement reads. 

The president of the club, Igor Surkis, after the announcement of Lucescu's arrival, found the strength to meet with the fans near the Lobanovsky stadium.

“Go and work in the club, now I’ll arrange you. Anyone can give advice from outside. In addition, consider the possibilities of Rinat Akhmetov (president of Shakhtar - RT ) and mine. I drove one and a half billion into this club, pulled it with all my strength. Show someone who is ready to invest money in Dynamo, and I will give in. Everyone can manage for other people's money. Invest yours. Give $ 30 million a year and manage. I'll be on the sidelines. Appoint a coach and take whoever you want ", - quotes Surkis" Glavkom ". 

Lucescu, at the head of Shakhtar, became the champion of Ukraine eight times, took the Ukrainian Cup six times, seven times the Super Cup, and also won the UEFA Cup. Dynamo ranks second in the Ukrainian league for the fourth year in a row. After the end of the season, Aleksey Mikhailichenko was dismissed. As suggested by the media, his place could be taken by Yuri Semin, who had previously worked with the people of Kiev twice.