ROME (AP) — Late goals from Pierre Carles and Kenan Yildiz gave Juventus a 2-0 win over promoted group Pisa on Saturday, giving the Bianconeri their third straight win. Serie A.
However, it posed a challenge for Luciano Spalletti’s side as Pisa threatened with two attacks on the woodwork.
After morale-boosting wins against Bologna and Roma, Juventus moved up to third place, four places higher than they were then. Spalletti was appointed to replace the fired Igor Tudor. 2 months ago.
Edon Zeglova came on just after the hour mark and provided Juventus with a burst of energy, with his work on the left allowing Karl to score a counter-attack from close range.
Yildiz added another point in stoppage time from close range.
Pisa’s 17-year-old winger Louis-Thomas Buffon, son of former Juventus captain Gianluigi Buffon, came on in the 85th minute, making his fourth Serie A appearance.
Earlier, Como beat Lecce 3-0, with Nico Paz scoring his sixth goal of the season, moving them into sixth place. Jacobo Ramon and Anastasios Duvicas added goals for the away team.
A 1-0 loss against Parma left Viola at the bottom of the table, further deepening Fiorentina’s crisis. Parma moved to within five points of the drop zone with a goal from Oliver Sorensen just after the break.
Also, Udinese and Lazio drew 1-1. Cagliari then came back from a goal down to beat Torino 2-1.
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