by Dusan Vlahovic’s stoppage time header helped Juventus come from behind to win 2-1 at 10-men Salernitana.
The Bianconeri ran out comfortable 6-1 winners in the Coppa Italia clash between the teams in Turin on Thursday night – but found themselves behind shortly before half-time at the Arechi Stadium when Giulio Maggiore finished with a quick counter-attack.
Maggiore was then sent off for a second caution in the 53rd minute and Juve substitute Samuel Iling Junior equalized just after the hour. When it looked like the Serie A club would have a precious point in their survival fight, Vlahovic headed in Danilo’s curling cross to seal a dramatic victory and put Juventus back two points behind Serie A leaders Inter.
Earlier, Napoli’s The Serie A title defense suffered another setback when they lost 3-0 at Turin on Sunday, with strikes from Antonio Sanabria, Nikola Vlasic and Alessandro Buongiorno moving the hosts into the Top 10.
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With just one win in their last six league games, Napoli dropped to ninth in the standings with the win, 20 points ahead of leaders Inter at the halfway point of the season.
Napoli were reduced to 10 men when second-half substitute Pasquale Mazzocchi, recently signed from Salernitana, was sent off for a high challenge on Valentino Lazaro just five minutes after kicking off.
“It’s not the prettiest win,” Torino head coach Ivan Juric told DAZN. “When he got on it became a little bit easier today, but I’ve experienced a lot of beautiful games leading Toro. We have to keep working like this and the boys have to keep believing in their ability.”
Torino’s methodical attack finally kicked in just before half-time when Ivan Ilic’s free-kick deflected off Duván Zapata and fell to Sanabria for a quick finish.
The hosts doubled their lead early in the second half when Vlasic received the ball from Zapata and dribbled into the opening before finding the corner of the net.
“The perfect week for renewal and goals, I’m very happy to extend with this club,” said Sanabria, who signed a two-year contract extension on Thursday. “I felt great here from the first day, the people sent me their love straight away.”
It was Torino’s first win over Napoli since 2015 when Buongiorno headed home Lazaro’s corner to make it 3-0, a position Napoli never recovered from.
Meanwhile, Ruben Loftus-Cheek scored his second goal Milan colors as the bottom club steamrolled Rossoneri Empoli to maintain their six-point cushion in the third. Milan remain nine points behind rivals Inter at the summit, but enjoyed a comfortable afternoon, with Olivier Giroud’s penalty and Chaka Traorè’s late goal securing a 3-0 win.
Lazio they lie in sixth place after a lowly 2-1 win Udinese. The home side canceled out Luca Pellegrini in the 12th minute when their captain Wallace, a Brazilian midfielder, equalized on the hour. Substitute Matías Vecino had the final say, though, as he drilled home an inch-perfect daisy cutter after being put through by Felipe Anderson.
Kylian Mbappé scored a hat-trick as Paris St Germain beat 9-0 on the sixth set Revel in their Coupe de France tie. Marco Asensio was also on target in the first half, as the Regional 1 side scored an own goal, before Mbappé completed his treble three minutes after the restart at the Stade Pierre-Fabre in Castres.
Gonçalo Ramos added a sixth from the penalty spot before Randal Kolo Muani scored twice late on either side of Cher Ndour’s first PSG goal to complete a comfortable night of work for the Ligue 1 leaders. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s second-half strike gave Marseille a 1-0 victory over Thionville Lusitanos in fifth-tier Marseille – depleted by African Cup of Nations players. In an all-Ligue 1 match, Monaco edged out Lens 6-5 on penalties after being 2-0 up inside the opening 20 minutes before the hosts hit back to draw 2-2.
Barcelona they were made to work for their place in the last 16 of the Copa del Rey with a 3-2 win in the fourth leg Barbastro. Raphinha scored in each half to put the LaLiga side in charge. However, the Segunda B outfit pulled one back before Robert Lewandowski added Barca’s third from the penalty spot with two minutes remaining. Barbastro reduced the deficit again in stoppage time when Marc Prat slotted home a penalty, but there was no big finish to be had.
Villarrealand a tie at Unifiers it was abandoned after a lighting problem at the Municipal Reina Sofia stadium ahead of the start of extra time, with the scores level at 1-1. Second place last season Osasuna extra time was needed to get past the third set Castle 1-0 – as did Valentine in their 2-1 win at Cartagenawho had played the second half with 10 men. Celta Vigo fought out with a 4-2 victory in the Segunda Division Amorebietawho Majorca won 3-0 at Burgos. Seville stole to win 2-1 over 10-men Ferrol Racingwho Athletic Bilbao blow Eibar 3-0 and Real Sociedad won 1-0 in Málaga.
