Milan, January 7, 2023 (AFP) – Danilo clears the one purpose in Saturday’s 1-0 win over Udinese and the Turin giants’ second-place end in Serie A, offering an ideal homage to the late former captain of Juventus, Gianluca Vialli .

Massimilano Allegri’s workforce leapt one level over AC Milan and solely 4 of league leaders Napoli, with a brilliantly composed purpose by the Brazilian defender 4 minutes after the end on the Allianz Stadium.

Danilo prolonged Juve’s league-winning streak to eight video games, a streak through which they conceded no purpose after Federico Chiesa’s substitute Leandro Paredes checked the precision chip after which made an ideal cross into purpose.

This was one of many few clear possibilities Juve created towards eighth-ranked Udinese, who had misplaced their talisman Gerard Deulofeu and did not win 9 video games.

On Friday, Juve headed to Napoli, the place they competed in Sampdoria, the place former Italian striker Vialli, who fell sufferer to pancreatic most cancers on Sunday, performed most of his soccer and maybe mourned essentially the most.

“After the win, our first ideas went to Gianluca Vialli. He was an amazing man, I used to be fortunate sufficient to have him in my life,” stated Italy ahead Chiesa.

The 25-year-old was a part of the Italian workforce that gained Euro 2020 and hailed Vialli’s position in that victory, regardless of not having a training position within the Azzurri setup.

“He was actually like an additional participant within the Euro, he was actually like with us on the pitch,” added Chiesa.

“You’ll be able to speak for hours about what an amazing man he’s. This win is for him.”

Champions Milan will transfer again to second place in the event that they beat Roma within the closing match on Sunday, two factors forward of Inter Milan, who tied 2-2 at Monza due to Luca Caldirola’s downtime equalizer for the hosts.

Inter gave the impression to be constructing on Wednesday’s Napoli win when Lautaro Martinez gave them a second lead within the twenty second minute.

However former Inter junior Caldirola beat Denzel Dumfries in the midst of Monza’s fellow striker Patrick Ciurria, beating Monza 9 factors from the relegation zone in his first Serie A season.

Vialli remembered

It was an emotional day for a lot of Juve followers, who will bear in mind Vialli because the final captain to guide their workforce to nice European glory greater than 1 / 4 of a century in the past.

Whereas the followers introduced the jerseys bearing the identify of the previous Italian striker, a flag within the Allianz Stadium stands depicted the second he lifted the Champions League trophy in 1996.

Gianluca Pessotto, who performed for Juventus greater than 250 instances and sided with Vialli in that victorious marketing campaign, hailed him as “a captain. A good friend” in his pre-match eulogy on the pitch.

“You had been our chief on and off the pitch,” stated former Italy worldwide Pessotto, who’s now sporting director of Juve youth academy.

“Nobody will overlook the recollections you gave us together with your soccer and your targets. We’ll miss your smile very a lot.”

Juve had been additionally mourning the passing of former Italy defender Ernesto Castano, who gained three Serie A titles with the Turin giants within the Sixties and died Thursday on the age of 83.

Castano gained the 1968 European Championship along with his nation and was a founding member of the Italian Footballers’ Affiliation, together with names like Gianni Rivera.

Additionally, Andrea Agnelli, in his final match as Juve president after saying his resignation late final 12 months with the membership, which has been accused by prosecutors in Turin of varied monetary crimes, additionally stated a form of goodbye.

Agnelli, together with the remainder of the membership’s board of administrators, together with former star midfielder Pavel Nedved, shall be changed later this month, however he nonetheless had time earlier than kickoff at hand out the supervisor of the month award to Massimiliano Allegri.