Scudetto postponed for Juve who, with a team extensively remodeled in view of the return of the Champions League on Tuesday against Ajax, fell in Ferrara in front of an aggressive Spal who, winning 2 to 1 in comeback, took a big step forward important for salvation.
Taking the field with two newcomers (Gozzi and Kastanos) who, in the second half became even four (Nicolussi and Madividi), Juve managed to take the lead in the first half with the usual Kean who in the 30th minute skilfully converted a passage of Cancelo. But in the second half the inexperience of its millenials weakened the defenses of the Italian champion team which suffered a fatal one-two from Spal, who hadn't beaten the black and whites since 1957-8.
The Emilians first equalized with a header from Bonifazi in the 3rd minute and then even took the lead in the 30th minute with Floccari who had already defeated Juve twenty years ago when he played for Messina.
The final comeback attempts by the black and whites were useless, who also accused another flop by Dybala, who appeared disheartened and completely irrelevant in the offensive phase, to the point that now Kean is the number one candidate to support Cristiano Ronaldo on Tuesday against the talented young players of Ajax .
Only if Napoli fail to win at home against Chievo tomorrow, Juve would immediately sew the eighth consecutive Scudetto on their shirts. Otherwise the party will be postponed to next Saturday but first there is the duel with Ajax, which is what mattered most for Juve who took the field not only remodeled and stuffed with young players, but also understandably distracted by the next round of Champions.
