Juventus was thrashed this Monday by Empoli, 4-1, on matchday 36 of the Italian Football League, on the matchday that was penalized with the loss of 10 points by sports courts, falling to seventh place.
Veteran striker Francesco Caputo was the figure of the match when he scored Empoli’s first and third goals, on 18 and 48 minutes, but by half-time the home team was already leading 2-0, thanks to a cross goal. Sebastian Luperto, 21.
With the third goal as soon as the second half began, Caputo’s second, Empoli sealed the fate of the game, against a Juventus team that seemed to show a lot of wear and tear from Thursday’s game in Seville, a benchmark for the second leg. of the semifinals of the Europa League, which ended with the victory of the Spanish and the consequent elimination of the Italians, after extra time.
The international Federico Chiesa would still mitigate the weight of the defeat by making it 3-1, in the 85th minute, but Empoli would restore the three-goal advantage in the 90+3 minute, by striker Roberto Piccoli, who had replaced Francesco Caputo for the 88.
With this defeat, the ‘vecchia signora’ compromised the chances of reaching one of the first four places, which give access to the Champions League, since the fourth classified, AC Milan, has 64 points, five more than ‘Juve’ , when there are only two games left to play in Serie A.
Before the game, Juventus had been sanctioned with the loss of 10 points in this edition of the Italian Football League, in the framework of the so-called ‘plus value case’, in which they are accused of increasing the value of the footballers a generates higher income in transfers, and drops from second to seventh place.
Serie A is led by Napoli, already champions, with 86 points, followed by Lazio, with 68, Inter, with 66, AC Milan, with 64, Atalanta, with 61, Roma, with 60, and Juventus, without seventh place. , with 59.
Source: TSF
