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Adrien Rabiot Pushes Juventus To Within Two Points Of Leaders Inter Milan | Football News
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Adrien Rabiot Pushes Juventus To Within Two Points Of Leaders Inter Milan | Football News

[ad_1] Adrien Rabiot scored to hand Juventus a 1-0 victory over Roma on Saturday.© AFPAdrien Rabiot scored to hand Juventus a 1-0 victory over Roma on Saturday that saw the Turin club move within two points of Serie A leaders Inter Milan. Rabiot struck in the 47th minute, while Federico Chiesa's late goal that would have doubled the tally, was ruled out for offside. The victory leaves Juve on 43 points, just two behind Inter, who were held to a 1-1 draw by Genoa on Friday. AC Milan consolidated their grip on third spot in Serie A on Saturday with a hard-fought 1-0 win over Sassuolo at the San Siro.Milan had two goals disallowed for offside in the first half but striker Christian Pulisic finally secured the match decider in the 59th minute.Stefano Pioli's men went in search of a second in...
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Juventus Go Top Of Serie A After Dramatic Finish At Monza | Football News
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Juventus Go Top Of Serie A After Dramatic Finish At Monza | Football News

[ad_1] Juventus ended Monza's unbeaten home record in Serie A this season.© AFPJuventus ended Monza's unbeaten home record in Serie A this season after a thrilling finale crowned with a 94th-minute winner on Friday, meaning they leapfrog Inter Milan into top spot. Juventus' 2-1 victory was an uninspiring affair bookended by moments of great drama in the first 15 and last five minutes, with a 91st-minute Valentin Carboni equaliser, that looked to have saved Monza a draw, before Federico Gatti struck to wrestle back the spoils three minutes later.Nine minutes into the meeting, Georgios Kyriakopoulos pulled on Federico Chiesa's shirt in the box and the referee deemed it enough to be a penalty.Dusan Vlahovic's resulting weak penalty was saved down low to his right by Michele Di Gregorio, who...
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Juventus Ease To Win At Lecce, Andrea Belotti And Charles De Ketelaere End Droughts | Football News
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Juventus Ease To Win At Lecce, Andrea Belotti And Charles De Ketelaere End Droughts | Football News

[ad_1] Juventus got their Serie A season off to a perfect start with Sunday's 3-0 stroll at Udinese which suggested they will be in the title mix, while Lecce struck twice late to beat last year's runners-up Lazio 2-1. Massimiliano Allegri's Juve did all the damage in the first half with an early strike from Federico Chiesa, Dusan Vlahovic's penalty and a header from Adrien Rabiot just before the break. The away side then sat on their lead and comfortably held out for the win, and the return to form of injury-prone Chiesa will give Juve a boost as they try to bounce back from last season's scandals."I wanted to do the knee slide as it had been a long time since I'd last done one," joked Chiesa, who has suffered a series of knee problems, about his celebration after drilling home his seco...
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Adrien Rabiot Fires Europe-Chasing Juventus Past Sampdoria, Roma’s Top Four Hopes Dented | Football News
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Adrien Rabiot Fires Europe-Chasing Juventus Past Sampdoria, Roma’s Top Four Hopes Dented | Football News

[ad_1] Adrien Rabiot made sure Juventus continued their charge towards European football with a decisive brace in his team's hard-fought 4-2 Serie A win over struggling Sampdoria. France midfielder Rabiot put Juve two ahead with a first-half header and then smashed them back in front in the 64th minute after Samp had stunned the home crowd by levelling before the break with two rapid-fire goals from Tommaso Augello and Filip Djuricic.Youngster Matias Soule nodded home in stoppage time to make the scoreline more flattering against Samp who are bottom and 12 points from safety.Rabiot almost left Juve in the summer but has become a key figure in Massimiliano Allegri's team, his double taking his league tally to seven and moving the Turin giants to within four points of the European places."...
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Olivier Giroud Equals Thierry Henry Mark As World Cup Holders France Sink Australia | Football News
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Olivier Giroud Equals Thierry Henry Mark As World Cup Holders France Sink Australia | Football News

[ad_1] Olivier Giroud joined Thierry Henry as France's all-time leading goalscorer with a brace as holders France recovered to beat Australia 4-1 and get their defence of the World Cup off to a winning start Tuesday. Australia took a shock lead at Al Janoub Stadium with the game just nine minutes old when Craig Goodwin scored. France, whose build-up to the tournament was marred by injuries, saw left-back Lucas Hernandez come off hurt in the move that led to that goal.However, they recovered to equalise through Adrien Rabiot before Giroud put them ahead with an easy finish in the 32nd minute for his 50th international goal.Kylian Mbappe got his name on the scoresheet in the second half and Giroud sealed the win to equal Henry's record tally of 51 goals for France.The win leaves them top o...
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