Beating in the match of the fourteenth round of the Italian championship Crotone, Juventus reduced the gap from Napoli to four points.

Apparently, pretty tired in a duel against Barcelona in the Champions League, in a duel fourteenth round of the championship of Italy, Juventus appeared in an unusual composition.

This is especially true of defense, because the three defenders were Barzagli, the debutant Hevedes and Benatya, who previously could only be seen in training. However, in a duel against Croton, one should not expect that the guests, despite their predatory nickname, will gnaw their way to the gates of Buffon. However, the location on the pens of the nominal defenders Lihtshtaynera and Alex Sandro said that Massimiliano Allegri in principle did not exclude the increased aggressiveness of "sharks".

But still it was much more interesting to see how the trio, usually located under Higuain in the attack, will act without the Argentine "tip". If we consider that Mandzhukich opened the score, it did not become a problem. However, it should be noted that the Croatian did not assist Dibala or Douglas Costa, but the defender Barzagli, and Benatia and De Chillo defended the other two goals, so the coach has something to think about.

However, Allegri will be able to figure out whether it's good or bad that the defense players are so good at attacking that they successfully perform another's work, but at the moment he can be pleased with the fact that his team after the defeat from Sampdoria put the next three points into its piggy bank already on Friday, December 1, will be able to reduce the backlog from Napoli to a minimum in a full-time match.

Juventus - Crotone 3: 0 Goals: Manjukic, 52, De Chillo, 60, Benatya, 71.

Juventus:

Buffon - Barzagli, Hevedes (Pianic, 68), Benatya - Lichtsteiner (De Chillo, 57), Marchisio (Sturaro, 77), Matuidi, Alex Sandro - Dibala, Douglas Costa - Manjukic.

Crotone: Cordas - Samprisi, Adjeti, Ceccherini - Nalini (Pharaoh, 85), Rodin, Barberis (Romero, 79), Mandragora, Pavlovich - Budimir, Tonev (Trotta, 75).

Warnings: Benatya, Matyudi - Budimir, Rodin.

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