Inzaghi saves Lazio, Pirlo condemns Juve: the changes that overturn the game

On the one hand, Lazio’s providential man, on the other who, through clumsy control, gave the biancocelesti the last fatal chance. Caicedo and Dybala, the right to the low angle of Szczesny’s goal and the clumsy touch that pushed the ball in a lateral foul. Simone Inzaghi and Andrea Pirlo changed the game with the changes, some in one sense, some in the other. Because if it is true that Juventus played with total control for 93 minutes and 45 seconds and in the last 15 they made a series of maddening lightnesses, it is also true that the changes of the Juventus coach reversed the inertia of the game. And unfortunately for Juventus, in favor of Lazio.

DYBALA, DAY NO – Pirlo prepares the first two changes in minute 76, one forced, the other tactical. Cristiano Ronaldo can’t go on, has sprained his ankle caused by a bad contrast of play and is forced to leave the field of play at the Olimpico. Inside Dybala and the Portuguese king comes out, the most dangerous of Juve with a goal and a post that still shakes. Entry into the field of Jewel no wonder, on the contrary, it’s a script change. Surprisingly, his lack of ability to affect and manage the last minutes of the game, ended up in the center of criticism again, this time for a bloody ball that gave the last chance to Inzaghi’s band. KULUSEVSKI OUTSIDE, GOODBYE THE TEARS – Excluding the lack of clarity from Dybala, Pirlo’s mistake was putting Kulusevski back on the bench. Tactical choice: with McKennie Juve would have regained more balance and intensity in the midfield, guaranteeing more coverage in the defensive phase at a point in the match in which Juve was crushing. The surrender, however, was the opposite, depriving the team of the Swede’s powerful tears, which at the same time forced Lazio to lower his center of gravity. Finally at 88 ‘another forced change, Morata with cramps gives way to Bernardeschi, you have very few minutes to comment.

INZAGHI’S CHANGES – Pirlo has muffled the euphoria of the Old lady, while Inzaghi upset the game with five new faces: in the 54th minute Hoedt, Lazzari and Caicedo, at 77 ‘Akpa Akpro and Pereira. The draw came only in the last seconds of the match with the providential Caicedo, but the changes gradually contributed to reverse the inertia of the game, leading Juve to gradually move away from the poles defended by Reina. THEl Teacher He tried to drag the game to the triple whistle defending the 1-0, but in doing so he exposed himself to the biancoceleste pressure, ending up observing the drastic drop in tension in the last 15 seconds. As Captain Bonucci sums up at the end of the game: “You will take these games to 90 ‘with 1-0, if you are not 100% focused you risk conceding goals”.