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Juventus succesfully widen the point margin with one of their close title rival, Udinese, after beating Francesco Guidolin’s side 2-1, in the direct clash on Saturday evening, which saw the Turin giant gather a six points lead.
Antonio Conte’s team must be thanking their Italian international striker, Alessandro Matri, who bagged all of the “Old Lady” goals on the match, edging the game as the visitor only managed to pull one back from Antonio Floro Flores’ strike.
Juventus managed to keep their place in the half way of the Serie A season after picking up a solid 2-0 victory over Atalanta with goals from Stephan Lichtsteiner and Emanuele Giaccherini.
This result puts the Turin giant one point above Ac Milan in the standing and maintain their excellent form in the halfway of the new season as the are still unbeaten so far, despite not leading by much points with the teams below them.
Another changes happened in the Serie A table as Juventus moved up in the standing despite only picking up a point against Cagliari since their arch rival, Ac Milan, surprisingly beaten by Inter Milan at the Derby.
Meanwhile, Udinese held their ground after disappointingly beaten by Genoa, forcing them to stick at third place and must start worrying the resurgence of Inter and also Lazio, who are also winning this weekend.
As Roma carried their fine form in the league to Copa Italia as the Giallorossi stunned Fiorentina 3-0 in Rome, repaying their defeat in the league not long ago from the same team.
Meanwhile, a surprise arrive at Friuli where home team Udinese, were beaten in front of their fans by Chievo Verona, giving the Flying Donkeys a passage to the quarter final against Siena.
The top three teams in Serie A, Ac Milan, Juventus and Udinese continue their excellent form in the new year as those three picked up victory against their opponents, keeping things tight at the top of Serie A table.
Just below the top three, the standings didn’t change a lot as well but Lazio’s fourth spot place in under huge pressure as Inter Milan, Napoli and Roma gaining points after picking another victories this weekend.
Juventus still maintain their unbeaten record until the end of this year but failed to keep their two points lead over Ac Milan as the Bianconeri finishing 2011 joint top with the Rossoneri after Antonio Conte’s side only managed a draw against Udinese.
Despite failing to grab a victory, another draw is already an very good result for the Turin giant as aside from remain undefeated until the Christmas break, Juventus picked up another away points against one of the top teams.
Juventus continue their reign in Serie A after picking up an important 2-0 victory over newly promoted side, Novara, with goals from Simone Pepe and also Fabio Quagliarela, who netted his first ever goal since December 2010.
The Turin giant’s success in leading the table on their own this weekend also happened due to Udinese’s failure in picking up three points against Lazio, forcing Francesco Guidolin’s team slipping into third position giving Ac Milan a spot at second place.
Lazio and Udinese faces different challenges in their Europa League campaign as a very tough match awaits the Biancolesti with Atletico Madrid arrives as challenger while the Friulani picked up a lighter draw against PAOK Salonika.
The capital club will obviously give their best if they still want to continue their European journey as Atletico are a quality side despite can really be very inconsistent, as for Francesco Guidolin’s team, concentration must remain high although their opponent supposedly isn’t that strong on paper.
Not many surprises actually occurred on this weekend’s Serie A matches, but a shocking episode happened at Renato Dall’ Ara where Bologna successfully held the Scudetto holder, Ac Milan in a pretty controversial 2-2 draw, which kept the Rossoneri temporarily sitting in third place.
That result boosted Udinese back into the top spot but Juventus could still take the leadership again should they manage to beat As Roma at Olympico on Monday evening.
Ac Milan only managed to stay at the top of Serie A for a while as in Sunday, Juventus regain the throne after picking up a 2-0 victory over their visitor Cesena, with goals from Claudio Marchisio and Arturo Vidal’s dubious spot kick.
However, a much more interesting stuffs in Serie A last weekend happened in Florence where Fiorentina demolished As Roma, who in the end were playing only with eight men on the pitch.
