Samuel Iling Junior (19) helps Juventus on their way with first goal in Serie A


Sunday, May 7, 2023 at 2:26 PM• Rian Rosendaal • Last update: 14:48

Juventus are second in Serie A after Sunday’s 0-2 win over Atalanta. With the minimal victory, the team from Turin takes full advantage of Lazio’s 2-0 defeat at AC Milan on Saturday. It was a special afternoon for Samuel Iling Junior. The only nineteen-year-old Englishman, who acted as a left-footed winger against Atalanta, scored his very first goal in Serie A. At Atalanta there were basic places for Teun Koopmeiners and Marten de Roon. Hans Hateboer will be out of action for a few months due to a torn cruciate ligament.

Coach Massimiliano Allegri made seven changes at Juventus compared to last Wednesday’s 2-1 victory over Lecce. Daniel Rugani, Alex Sandro, Juan Cuadrado, Manuel Locatelli, Adrien Rabiot, Illing Junior and Arek Milik started in Bergamo. Bremer, Leonardo Bonucci, Fabio Miretti, Filip Kostic, Dusan Vlahovic and Paul Pogba had to make do with a place on the bench. Leandro Paredes was suspended and Mattia De Sciglio will not play again this season due to the knee injury he sustained in the meeting with Lecce.

Atalanta was unlucky halfway through the first half when Giorgio Scalvini headed on the post on a pass from Teun Koopmeiners. The home club, fighting for a Champions League ticket, clearly showed its offensive intentions, although efforts by De Roon and Éderson did not yield the opening goal. Juventus could do little forward and it was therefore no surprise that the visiting team went to the dressing room without goals halfway through. Atalanta was disappointed that the predominance was not paid out in goals.

Juventus showed recovery after the break and it was Iling Junior who broke the spell ten minutes after the restart. The left half passed the ball to Rabiot, who then passed. An Atalanta defender played the ball into the feet of Iling Junior who followed along, who was accurate with a bang that flew into the goal via the bottom of the crossbar. The joy of the midfielder from England was very great after his first goal in Serie A. At Juventus, Pogba, Federico Chiesa, Kostic and Vlahovic came in as substitutes and it was the latter who scored well into stoppage time for the 0 -2 delivered with a bang into the top corner from outside the box. So an important win The old lady in the battle for the Champions League places.

No. Team m W G v +/- Pnt
1 Naples 33 25 5 3 46 80
2 Juventus 34 20 6 8 24 66
3 Lazio 34 19 7 8 26 64
4 Internazionale 34 20 3 11 27 63
5 AC Milan 34 17 10 7 16 61
6 Atlanta 34 17 7 10 15 58
7 AS Roma 34 17 7 10 12 58
8 Florence 33 12 10 11 6 46
9 bologna 33 12 9 12 -1 45
10 Monza 33 12 9 12 -3 45
11 Torino 33 12 9 12 -3 45
12 Udinese 33 10 13 10 2 43
13 Sassuolo 33 12 7 14 -9 43
14 Salernitana 33 7 14 12 -13 35
15 Empoli 33 8 11 14 -14 35
16 Lecce 33 7 10 16 -12 31
17 Hellas Verona 33 6 9 18 -24 27
18 Spezia 34 5 12 17 -28 27
19 Cremonese 34 4 12 18 -28 24
20 Sampdoria 33 3 8 22 -39 17