Kenan Yildiz grabbed two assists to steer Juventus to a 2-0 victory over Udinese on the Allianz Stadium on Sunday to edge nearer to a Champions League spot subsequent season.
Yildiz took his Serie A purpose contribution tally to 10 (six objectives, 4 assists) along with his show, with Juve realizing a win over Venezia on the ultimate day will seal a top-four end.
Igor Tudor’s group produced a dominant displaying within the first half, registering 16 pictures to Udinese’s three, however have been unable to discover a well beyond visiting goalkeeper Maduka Okoye.
Randal Kolo Muani had the hosts’ finest alternative, seeing his chipped effort repelled by Okoye earlier than Nicolas Gonzalez’s shot from distance was pushed onto the put up.
However Juventus made their strain pay within the 61st minute when Gonzalez rifled the ball into the left nook after Oumar Solet was dispossessed in his personal field.
The hosts continued to threaten however have been unable to create any clear-cut openings till two minutes from time by prime scorer Dusan Vlahovic.
Yildiz led a lightning break from an Udinese assault, taking part in Vlahovic into the field earlier than the Serbian collected the ball and picked out the bottom-right nook with a tremendous end.
Fourth-placed Juventus moved as much as 67 factors, one forward of Roma, who beat AC Milan 3-1, with Lazio a degree additional adrift after they held Inter to a 2-2 draw.
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Knowledge Debrief: Tudor finds dwelling comforts with Juventus
Juventus have gained eight of their final 9 dwelling video games in Serie A (L1), after accumulating simply two wins of their earlier 9 (D7), with that upturn in type right down to Tudor.
Certainly, Juventus have gained every of their 4 Serie A house video games beneath Tudor. Within the final 50 years, solely Massimiliano Allegri in 2014 and Maurizio Sarri in 2019 have gained every of their first 4 matches on dwelling soil within the competitors with the membership.
However their victory was led by Yildiz’s beautiful efficiency, with the 20-year-old the youngest participant in Serie A this season to register 10 purpose involvements.
Yildiz additionally ended the competition with team-high totals for touches within the opposition field (10), possibilities created (six) and profitable dribbles (three).
