At 1:00 Beijing time on December 19, the 18th round of Serie A continued, with Juve playing away to Bologna. Just five minutes into the opening, Morata scored lightning, and in the second half he assisted Cuadrado to score the world wave, and Juve beat Bologna 2-0 to tie Mourinho and temporarily rank 6th in the table.
After Cristiano Ronaldo left the team, Juve performed in a slump, and after being forced to draw by Venice in the last round, he only scored 28 points in 17 rounds, ranking only 7th in the standings, and as many as 9 points behind the top four.
The main reason why Juve are struggling is that the offensive firepower is too poor, seeing that the season is almost halfway through, and the number of goals scored is even worse than that of the middle and lower reaches of the team such as Verona, Sassuolo and Sampdoria.
Facing Bologna, Juve kicked a fantastic start, just 5 minutes into the opening, Bernadideschi straight in, Morata in front of the goal to draw a success, Juve led 1-0.
So far this season, Morata has scored seven goals in 22 appearances and is already the second top scorer in Juve, just one goal away from Dybala.
After taking the lead, Juve did not take advantage of the chase, but once again sacrificed the "health mode", slowing down the rhythm of the attack, and the wind in front of the door was loud.
In the 51st minute, Juve almost conceded the ball, but fortunately De Ligt blocked the savior twice in a row to ensure that the goal was not lost.
In the 65th minute, Soriano was obliquely blocked, Domingos shot with a right foot from a small angle, Szczesny made a brilliant save, and Juve escaped.
As the saying goes, if you don't die, you will be blessed, and Juve also fulfilled this sentence. In the 69th minute, Morata advanced with the ball and then split the ball laterally, Cuadrado suddenly started in the penalty area, shook off the angle and shot with his right foot, and the ball hung straight into the dead corner.
In just 4 minutes, Juve instead extended their advantage and locked in a 2-0 win. In the end, Juve did not give their opponents more chances, 2-0 to win the opponent, as desired to score 3 points.
This 2-0 allowed Juve to avoid two consecutive rounds of no wins, and they achieved a 12-game winning streak against Bologna. The last time Juve dropped points against Bologna was 5 years ago, when the draw was 0-0.
In the 12 games since then, Juve have scored a total of 28 goals and conceded only 5, 8 of which have kept clean sheets. It can be said that Juve is Bologna's nemesis.
After winning against Bologna, Juve tied Roma with 31 points, trailing only with goal difference to temporarily finish 6th in Serie A, narrowing the gap with the Champions League zone.
It is worth mentioning that this game is again a classic Juve-style victory. In the whole game, Juve only had 44% of the ball and fell behind in the number of shots on goal 7-9, but scored 2 goals on 6 shots, which was quite efficient.
In the next round, Juve will face a deep relegation zone, and Cagliari, currently ranked 3rd, will not have much difficulty in winning. However, entering January next year, Juve will face Napoli, Roma and AC Milan in succession, and also play the Italian Super Cup final with Inter, which is definitely the devil's schedule and is likely to directly determine Juve's prospects for competing for four.