Chiellini waves goodbye to Juve fans as last-gasp Lazio steady Europa League

Chiellini waves goodbye to Juve fans as last-gasp Lazio steady Europa League

Fans chanted "there is handiest one captain" as a massive choreography depicting his shirt number 'three' changed into displayed in the stands ahead of the suit and they then gave Chiellini a big spherical of applause after he became substituted within the 18th minute. The 37-yr-old had played the entire one hundred twenty minutes of Juve's Italian Cup final defeat to arch rivals Inter Milan on Wednesday, and then he introduced that he could be leaving Juve after 18 years at a club in which he has won nine league titles and a seize of different trophies.

When he left the field he passed his captain's armband to every other player at the way out, Paulo Dybala. Argentina global Dybala will go away on the give up of the season after the membership determined not to resume his contract after a verbal settlement with the 28-yr-antique struck in the autumn changed into publicly rejected by the club in advance this 12 months.

Dusan Vlahovic did the Argentine's "masks" celebration whilst he headed in the opener within the tenth minute, and whilst Dybala became substituted with 12 mins last, with the hosts main 2-1, he did a excursion of the stands and was embraced with the aid of lovers. Juve gave the look to be cruising to a habitual home win to honour their departing heroes while Alvaro Morata doubled the hosts lead within the 36th minute.

However Alex Sandro poked into his own internet for no apparent cause 5 mins after the destroy and Maurizio Sarri's Lazio driven for a leveller which got here inside the ninety fifth minute, Milinkovic-Savic rifling past Mattia Perin from a tight perspective to provide Lazio a gap in Europe's 2d-tier opposition. They sit 5th in one of two Europa League locations, 4 points away from 7th-located Fiorentina, who were hammered four-1 at a Sampdoria side in birthday celebration mood.

Samp had been guaranteed their top flight status on Sunday after Cagliari have been beaten three-1 by means of identify-chasing Inter Milan, leaving Marco Giampaolo's facet 4 points above the drop zone before they kicked off of their penultimate fixture of the season.

 

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