Juve beat Genoa to close in on Serie A top four

Juventus moved to within a point of Serie A’s Champions League places with a 2-0 win over Genoa on Monday, as the top four battle in Italy’s top flight hots up. Taking advantage of fourth-placed Como’s goalless draw at Udinese earlier in the day, Juve notched the three points in Turin thanks to Gleison Bremer’s […]

Juventus moved to within a point of Serie A’s Champions League places with a 2-0 win over Genoa on Monday, as the top four battle in Italy’s top flight hots up.
Taking advantage of fourth-placed Como’s goalless draw at Udinese earlier in the day, Juve notched the three points in Turin thanks to Gleison Bremer’s fourth-minute header and a 17th-minute strike from the ever-reliable Weston McKennie.
American McKennie’s fine finish took his Serie A tally to five, equalling his best-ever haul in a single league season back in his first campaign with Juve in 2020/21.
But he showed no interest in that personal statistic when speaking with DAZN after the match. saying “the important thing is getting into the Champions League”.
Luciano Spalletti was hired to get Juve back into the Champions League and the former Italy coach could yet do that after a fifth straight match without defeat.
But the home fans had to thank goalkeeper Michele Di Gregorio for a superb double save which stopped spirited Genoa from getting back in the game, first pawing away Aaron Martin’s penalty and then keeping out Vitinha’s volley.
Di Gregorio has had a tough second season at Juve, dropped from the first team in February following a series of clangers and only in goal on Monday due to Mattia Perin being substituted at halftime with a calf injury.
“He has some good moments and some tough moments, but we always knew that he was a quality goalkeeper. He knew that his moment would come,” said Bremer.