Moise Kean’s late winner tightened Juventus’ grip on Champions League qualification

A late winner from Moise Kean earned Juventus a comeback win at Sassuolo in Serie A and boosted their hold on the final Champions League qualifying spot.

The win moved fourth-placed Juve one point behind Napoli in third and eight clear of Roma in fifth.

Sassuolo took the lead when Giacomo Raspadori drilled the ball past Wojciech Szczesny in the 38th minute.

But Argentine striker Paulo Dybala fired a close-range equaliser before Kean’s late winner.

A top-four finish would be enough to earn qualification straight to the Champions League group stage.

Line-ups

Sassuolo

Formation 4-2-3-1

  • 47Consigli
  • 17Müldür
  • 21Chiriches
  • 5Ayhan
  • 77Kyriakopoulos
  • 8LopezBooked at 45mins
  • 16FrattesiSubstituted forde Souzaat 88′minutes
  • 25BerardiSubstituted forDefrelat 79′minutes
  • 18Raspadori
  • 23TraorèSubstituted forDjuricicat 79′minutes
  • 91ScamaccaBooked at 50mins

Substitutes

  • 4Magnanelli
  • 6Oliveira da Silva
  • 10Djuricic
  • 11Ciervo
  • 13Peluso
  • 15Ceïde
  • 24Satalino
  • 31Ferrari
  • 44Tressoldi Netto
  • 56Pegolo
  • 92Defrel
  • 97de Souza

Juventus

Formation 4-4-2

  • 1Szczesny
  • 2De SciglioBooked at 62mins
  • 19Bonucci
  • 24RuganiSubstituted forChielliniat 54′minutes
  • 12Lobo Silva
  • 20BernardeschiSubstituted forMirettiat 88′minutes
  • 28Zakaria
  • 6Danilo
  • 25Rabiot
  • 10DybalaSubstituted forVlahovicat 55′minutes
  • 9MorataSubstituted forKeanat 67′minutesBooked at 89mins

Substitutes

  • 3Chiellini
  • 4de Ligt
  • 7Vlahovic
  • 17Pellegrini
  • 18Kean
  • 23Pinsoglio
  • 36Perin
  • 47Miretti
  • 55Zuelli

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