Are Juventus now out of the Serie A title race

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Are Juventus now out of the Serie A title race

Andrea Pirlo may have suffered the most embarra sing lo s of his young managerial career as Juventus were beaten 1-0 at home by minnows Benevento on Sunday.Defeat leaves the Old Lady 10 points behind leaders Internazionale with only 11 games remaining.Adolfo Gaich capitalised on a misplaced pa s from Arthur acro s his own penalty area before producing a fine finish for the games only goal midway through the second half. Benevento are playing in only their second-ever Serie A campaign, following their debut in 2017-18.The Mitchell Robinson Jersey goal was the visitors only shot on target all game as Juventus dominated proceedings with 74% po se sion and 21 shots on goal. Unfortunately for Pirlo, the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Alvaro Morata and Federico Chiesa couldnt unlock the stern defence put together by former Juventus striker Filippo Inzaghi.Inter are now the overwhelming favourites to wrap up the title for the first time since 2010 with local rivals AC Milan the only side who can realistically stop them. I Ro soneri themselves are six points behind though, and have played a game extra.Antonio Conte won three succe sive Scudettos with Juventus between 2011-14 before taking on the national team role and later Chelsea in the English Premier League. He returned to Serie A for the 2019-20 campaign and initially looked to be Juventus biggest threat for the title before his Inter side fell away in the second half of the season.With more money spent last summer and a full year under his belt to gel his squad, this is the best chance Inter have had of becoming Italian champions again for the first time in over a decade.The 58.5 million signing of Romelu Lukaku in 2019 is the fourth in the leagues history, and only the man number one on that list, Cristiano Ronaldo, has more goals (23) than the Belgian (19) so far this season.Lukaku is proving to be ASAP Ferg Jersey worth every penny and has formed a formidable partnership in attack with Lautaro Martinez. And whilst both are involved in scoring and creating goals, they have a lot of playmakers behind them too. Marcelo Brozovic and Nicolo Barella in central midfield setup a number of chances, whilst Achraf Hakimi has been an excellent signing at wingback.Manager Conte is spoiled for choice when it comes to several positions on the pitch, particularly in central midfield where Arturo Vidal has only made 14 league starts so far this campaign, and Christian Eriksen nine.Andrea Pirlo isnt short of options himself at Juventus and should the club legend remain in charge for the start of next season, dont be surprised if hes given a nice transfer budget to reinvest in his squad this summer.Aside from Ronaldo, the record champions of Italy have really struggled to find another goalscorer this season. Striker Morata only has seven and forward Chiesa, six. Paulo Dybala has made just eight Serie A starts this campaign and neither Arthur nor Dejan Kulusevski have been particularly impre sive.The 16 victories in 27 games puts them on pace to have fewer wins than any of their past nine seasons, whilst in the Round of 16 of this seasons Champions League already has many fans questioning whether they need to appoint a new man in the dugout over the summer.Does this mean the Milan giants can compete for the 2021-22 Serie A title too? Whilst its very early to predict what will happen between now and the start of next season, both Italian giants are preparing themselves very well for the next couple of campaigns with the investments they have made in recent transfer windows.
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