Lazio won 3-0 at Juventus on Sunday, October 18, drawing level on 19 points with Serie A leaders Inter after seven rounds. AC Milan held on to beat Atalanta 3-2 at San Siro and climb to fourth.
At the Allianz Stadium, Danish defender Oliver Provstgaard headed Gennaro Gattuso’s side in front in the 37th minute from a Mattia Zaccagni cross. Gustav Isaksen doubled the lead in the 66th minute after a pass from Nuno Tavares, and substitute Fisayo Dele-Bashiru added the third in the 89th, set up by Andrea Pinamonti.
Juventus had 58 percent of the ball but managed only two shots on target, while Lazio scored with all three of theirs. Luciano Spalletti’s team sit eighth with 11 points, eight behind the top two. Inter stay first on goal difference, while Lazio remain unbeaten with six wins and a draw from seven games.
In Milan, Gonçalo Ramos scored from the penalty spot in the 24th minute after a VAR review for handball, and Adrien Rabiot made it 2-0 shortly before half-time with a low shot into the corner. Defender Mario Gila headed in a third from a corner in the 57th minute.
Atalanta goalkeeper Marco Carnesecchi saved a second penalty from Ramos, awarded after another VAR review for handball, and Maurizio Sarri’s side fought back with goals from substitute Gianluca Gaetano in the 66th minute and Nikola Krstovic in the 81st. Ruben Amorim’s Milan have 15 points and are unbeaten after seven league games, with four wins and three draws. Atalanta remain on nine points.
