Arkadiusz Milik was on the end of an Adrien Rabiot knock-down to give Juventus a slender victory over Lecce, leapfrogging them into third place.
Match Report
Federico Chiesa and Arek Milik both tested Wladimiro Falcone from tricky angles, then the Italian sprung the offside trap on Danilo’s through ball for a strike that flashed across the face of goal to skim the far post.
Marin Pongracic nodded off target from a free kick, but Juventus finally broke through when a corner was not cleared properly, Weston McKennie stood up the cross for Adrien Rabiot’s header to the back post, where Milik came sliding in from a yard.
Rabiot flashed a cross-shot across the face of goal, while Chiesa twisted and turned to see his pull-back from the by-line crucially intercepted.
It was far from a thrilling performance and they were jeered off the pitch at half-time, but Juve got the result they needed and ended Lecce’s unbeaten streak.
Lecce were stunned in stoppages when Mohamed Kaba burst down the by-line wrestling with Chiesa and lost his balance. It was not a penalty, but the referee very harshly considered it to be a dive and showed him his second yellow card.
Match Events
0' The match is about to start!
12' Chiesa's long shot wide out
21' Milik's long shot too straight
27' Chiesa's shot inches wide
30' Yellow Card! Ylber Ramadani booked
57' GOAL! Juventus 1-0 Lecce (Milik)
76' Yellow Card! Chiesa booked
Line-ups
Juventus XI: Szczesny, Danilo, Rugani, Milik, Rabiot, Locatelli, Chiesa, Gleison, McKennie, Nicolò Fagioli, Andrea Cambiaso
Subs: Pinsoglio, Perin, Kostic, Dušan Vlahović, Timothy Weah, Hans Nicolussi Caviglia, Samuel Iling Junior, Fabio Miretti, Federico Gatti, Kenan Yildiz, Dean Huijsen
Lecce XI: Wladimiro Falcone, Blin, Venuti, Ylber Ramadani, Federico Baschirotto, Marin Pongracic, Rémi Oudin, Krstovic, Pontus Almqvist, Strefezza, Patrick Dorgu
Subs: Sansone, Marcin Listkowski, Hamza Rafia, Federico Brancolini, Ahmed Touba, Antonino Gallo, Valentin Gendrey, Piccoli, Daniel Samek, Joan González, Rares Burnete, Mohamed Kaba, Giacomo Faticanti, Medon Berisha, Jeppe Corfitzen