Kenan Yildiz’s winner in opposition to Genoa was his seventh purpose of the season for Juventus (MARCO BERTORELLO)
Juventus returned to successful methods underneath new coach Igor Tudor with Saturday’s 1-0 win over Genoa which stored them some extent away from Serie A’s Champions League positions.
Kenan Yildiz made positive fifth-placed Juve would keep on Bologna’s heels within the race for a spot in Europe’s high membership competitors with a advantageous particular person strike within the twenty fifth minute in Turin.
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Turkey attacker Yildiz lifted residence his seventh purpose of the season in all competitions for Juve after skipping into the field and round Genoa defender Koni De Winter.
Tudor’s reign started with a limp show just like these which price his predecessor Thiago Motta his job, with Yildiz’s strike one of many few moments of high quality in a largely lacklustre match.
“I am very happy as a result of Genoa are crew who’re enjoying nicely and we got here into this recreation in a tough interval,” stated Tudor to DAZN.
“You’ll be able to solely get by way of these intervals with exhausting work. I am happy as a result of the boys gave every part, we did issues roughly in addition to we might have favored in sure components of the match however we fully deserved to win.”
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Former Croatia worldwide Tudor was employed till the top of the season to get Juve, with whom he spent the majority of his enjoying profession, into the Champions League after Motta flopped.
And the end result on Saturday was no less than the proper one after Juve conceded seven objectives with out reply in Motta’s ultimate two matches in cost in opposition to Atalanta and Fiorentina.
Patrick Vieira’s Genoa are twelfth and 12 factors above Empoli who sit simply contained in the relegation zone after drawing 1-1 at bold Como.
“I am very happy with the standard we confirmed right now, we performed with persona and had been very organised… we’re disenchanted as a result of we deserved to come back away from right here with some extent,” stated Vieira.
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Juve stayed exterior the highest 4 resulting from Bologna successful 1-0 at struggling Venezia earlier within the day, Riccardo Orsolini’s beautiful volley securing a hard-fought win on the Venetian Lagoon.
Italy worldwide Orsolini guided residence an excellent end from Nicolo Cambiaghi’s cross three minutes after half-time to make sure Bologna of a fifth straight win and fourth place for no less than one other week.
Venezia have didn’t win in 13 league matches and are second from backside, 5 factors behind Parma who’re simply exterior of the relegation zone and face Verona on Monday.
Lecce, in sixteenth, are degree on 25 factors with Parma and host in-form Roma in Saturday’s late match.
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