At 3:45 Beijing time on January 16, the 22nd round of Serie A, Juve played at home against Udinese. In the first half, Dybala scored a one-handed goal, and in the second half McKenni added the icing on the cake, with Juve winning 2-0. Juve's points tie with Fourth-placed Atalanta, while shrugging off Roma by nine points, Mourinho's hopes of finishing fourth loomed.
Juve have been in poor shape lately, having been killed by rival Inter in their last game, losing the Italian Super Cup 1-2. In addition, Chiesa Jr. suffered a serious knee injury and is highly likely to be reimbursed for the season.
Of course, what bothers Juve the most is the issue of contract renewal. It is reported that Dybala has already negotiated the terms of contract renewal with Juve, and the annual salary has risen to 10 million euros. But Juve suddenly changed his mind, not only unwilling to give Dybala a salary increase, but even asked him to take a pay cut, which angered the Argentine superstar.
Italian media revealed that unless there is an accident, Dybala will certainly not renew his contract with Juve, he has begun to listen to offers from other teams, intending to leave the team freely this summer, and even Inter is one of the potential next home. Marotta has a close personal relationship with him, and the defending champion may complete the heavy signing without signing.
In the 19th minute, Artur's direct pass, Moise Keane's kick from the edge of the penalty area, Dybala followed up with a left-footed push into the goal, Juve took a 1-0 lead.
However, embarrassingly, Dybala directly refused to celebrate, and the 50 million Juve superstar looked at the stands, staring dead at Nedved, who came to watch the battle, as if demonstrating to Juve's top brass. And There was no joy on Dybala's face, even if his teammates came to give him a hug, they didn't make him smile.
In the 78th minute, Juve sent another shot, Desiglio crossed from the left and McKenny's header broke the net to seal the win 2-0. In the end, Juve won cleanly 2-0 to achieve a six-game home win at home to Udinese, the last home upset was in August 2015, when they lost 0-1.
It is worth mentioning that the two sides played 2-2 in the first leg of each other, and Cristiano Ronaldo completed the final battle of Juve's career, and then returned to Manchester United for 15 million euros. After 5 months, Juve finally completed his "revenge" on Udinese.
After this campaign, Juve tied 4th place Atalanta in points with 2 more games, but continued to rank 5th due to the disadvantage of the win-loss relationship! In addition, Juve also left Behind Fiorentina, Roma and Lazio 6 points to successfully join the Serie A competition group.
At present, Inter milan 49 points, AC Milan 48 points, Milan duo has become the favorite to compete for the title, Napoli 43 points, Atalanta and Juve are all 41 points, and the three teams are working hard to compete for the fourth place. As for Fiorentina, Roma and Lazio, they are basically left behind, and they can only qualify for the Europa League.
This night, Lazio beat Salernitana 3-0, and Roma were caught up by their sworn enemies in the same city. Then, Juve beat Udinese 2-0, Roma were thrown off by nine points and Mourinho suffered consecutive blows.