Juventus fell into the trap of a disappointing draw once morest its guest Lazio 2-2 on the evening of farewell to its stars Giorgio Chiellini and Argentine Paulo Dybala on Monday at the end of the thirty-seventh stage of the Italian Football Championship.
The Serbian Dusan Vlahovinc (10) and the Spaniard Alvaro Morata (36) scored the goals for Juventus, the Brazilian Alex Sandro (51 fouls once morest his team) and the Serbian Sergei Milinkovic-Savic (90 +5), the goals of Lazio.
Chiellini, 37, was honored by the “Old Lady” fans when he left the field in the 17th minute, a symbolic timing indicative of the 17 seasons he spent with the “Old Lady” club, leaving his place for Dutch international Matthijs de Ligt.
Chiellini played the last minutes with Juventus at the “Allianz Stadium”, following he confirmed last week his departure at the end of the current season.
Chiellini, who won 19 titles with Juventus since the beginning of his career with him in 2005, greeted his colleagues with a smile and gave the armband to Argentine international playmaker Paulo Dybala, who bid farewell to the fans in the 78th minute, leaving his place to Norwegian Martin Palumbo, as it is his last match for him also at the Old Lady’s stadium because his contract expires This summer, too, he did not reach an agreement with officials to extend it.
Dybala, 28, joined Juventus in 2015 and won the league title five times and the award for best player in the 2020 season.
Juventus was Yemeni in returning to the path of victories following losing the final match of the cup competition last Wednesday once morest rivals Inter Milan 2-4 following the extension (original time 2-2), but he neglected his victory in overtime and was satisfied with one point, which raised his score to 70 points In fourth place once morest 63 points for the fifth Lazio.
Former Juventus coach Maurizio Sarri managed to extract a valuable point that secured his team to finish the season in one of the fifth or sixth places, thus participating in the European League next season.
Lazio is three points ahead of its sixth neighbor Roma, and a tie in the last stage once morest Hellas Verona is enough to guarantee fifth place, while Roma will visit Turin.
“The match was a wonderful evening full of emotions,” said Juventus coach Allegri. A Chiellini and Dybala evening, some Chiellini’s videos should be shown on our training ground to show what he looks like as a player. He helped me on a personal and human level a lot when I took over at Juventus. He brought me to Juventus.
“Dybala has been an important player for seven years. His upbringing as a child and fans have given him a well-deserved honor. It was good to finish the match with a win for them, but tonight’s match sums up our year… We need to get used to winning once more.”
Juventus defender Leonardo Bonucci sent a message to his colleague Giorgio Chiellini, and posted a picture of him with Chiellini through his official account on Facebook, and wrote on it: “Dear George, where do we start? From the end, I think your career was well deserved.”
He added, “Today is your day, and starting today, we will miss you in the team, and in the dressing room.. You have been a role model, mentor, brother, friend.. We have been together for more than 10 years, we have rejoiced, we have suffered, we have struggled, we have come together, We fought, we won.”
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