Manuel Locatelli’s penalty secured Champions League qualification for Juventus as they beat Venezia 3-2 on the ultimate day of the Serie A season, with the hosts and Empoli relegated.
Juventus travelled to the Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo realizing a victory would guarantee qualification for Europe’s premier membership competitors for 2025-26.
They held a one-point lead over a resurgent Roma facet – who visited Torino – with Lazio one other level again forward of a house finale in opposition to Lecce.
Igor Tudor’s Bianconeri made a dire begin as Daniel Fila put Venezia forward within the second minute, although Kenan Yildiz and Randal Kolo Muani each struck – aided by some suspect goalkeeping from Ionut Radu – to flip the sport on its head by the thirty first minute.
Having created the opener, Ridgeciano Haps dragged Venezia degree 10 minutes into the second half following an inadvertent flick-on from Juve substitute Renato Veiga.
Nevertheless, former Juve midfielder Hans Nicolussi Caviglia felled Francisco Conceicao to concede a 73rd-minute spot-kick, from which Locatelli discovered the highest nook for the winner.
That purpose ensured a fourth-placed end for Juventus, whereas Venezia wouldn’t have stayed up even with a victory, as Lassana Coulibaly struck the one purpose in Lecce’s 1-0 win at Lazio, in a recreation the place Santiago Pierotti and Alessio Romagnoli have been each despatched off.
Lecce stayed up by three factors in seventeenth, with Empoli additionally condemned to the drop by a 2-1 house loss to Hellas Verona. Monza have been already confirmed to complete backside.
Juventus, nonetheless, did want their victory as Leandro Paredes and Alexis Saelemaekers struck in Claudio Ranieri’s remaining recreation in control of Roma, who completed only a level outdoors the Champions League locations after a 2-0 win on the Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino.
Whereas the Giallorossi will play Europa League soccer subsequent time period, Lazio missed out on Europe solely as Fiorentina’s 3-2 win at Udinese noticed them leapfrog the Biancocelesti into sixth place through their head-to-head file, reaching Convention League qualification.
Information Debrief: Well worth the watch for Tudor
Juventus went into their remaining recreation of the season with a easy goal – a win would affirm a top-four end. Nevertheless, they’d not received on the highway since beating Cagliari 1-0 in February beneath earlier coach Thiago Motta.
Tudor definitely picked an opportune second to supervise his first away win with the Bianconeri, having drawn three and misplaced certainly one of his earlier 4.
Whereas Locatelli received the winner, there have been milestones for each Yildiz and Kolo Muani.
Yildiz grew to become certainly one of simply 4 gamers born in 2005 or later to file 10 purpose involvements in certainly one of Europe’s prime 5 leagues this season (seven targets, three assists), alongside Want Doue, Assane Diao and Lamine Yamal.
Kolo Muani, in the meantime, netted his eighth Serie A purpose since becoming a member of on mortgage from Paris Saint-Germain. The final Frenchman to web at the very least eight targets for Juve between January and the tip of a top-flight season was David Trezeguet in 2005-06 (additionally eight).
