Udinese shock and beat Juventus 1-0 at Allianz Stadium

Udinese won against Juventus 1-0 at Allianz Stadium, as that was just 3^rd win in Serie A this campaign. The victory ends a run of 8 straight away losses for the Friulani.

Having gone back-to-back games without a victory for the 1^st time this campaign, the Old Lady knew that a win was needed against an opponent fighting for its place in the league.

Udinese hand Juventus their FIRST back to back loss of the season 😱 pic.twitter.com/8giqmtlIiP

— Italian Football TV (@IFTVofficial) February 12, 2024

However, things went completely wrong when Lautaro Giannetti netted in the 25^th minute to give the lead to Udinese. Despite having more than 70 minutes with extra time to answer, Juventus failed even to tie the game and lost its 2nd straight match in Serie A as the Old Lady is without a victory in the last 3 league games, and the title is slipping away.

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3 – Lautaro Giannetti is only the third Udinese defender able of scoring a #SerieA goal on the road against Juventus in the last 20 years, after Cristián Zapata (30 January 2011) and Marvin Zeegelaar (3 January 2021). Unexpected.#JuveUdinese pic.twitter.com/uZkvfsimKw

— OptaPaolo (@OptaPaolo) February 12, 2024

Juventus are in 2^nd place with 53 points after 24 matches – 1 more point than 3^rd Milan but 7 points behind the leader, Inter, as the Nerazzurri have a game in hand.

Udinese are in 15^th place with 22 points after 24 games, as that was the team’s 1st victory in the last 6 Serie A matches.