Serie A: Juventus Ride Dominant Second Half to Defeat Verona, Stay in Top Four

Juventus returned to winning ways as they secured a 2-0 win in the Serie A match following the difficult Coppa Italia loss against Empoli last week.

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The Bianconeri defeated Verona to win their fifth consecutive Serie A game and take themselves just six points from the top of the table and three behind Atalanta, their next opponent on Sunday at the Allianz Stadium.

Juventus survived a first-half scare to come back and beat lowly Verona thanks to goals from Khephren Thuram, Federico Gatti and Randal Kolo Muani. All had chances for Juventus in the first half and it almost went in a goal down at halftime but Tomas Suslov's spectacular 30-meter strike was ruled out for offside.

Juventus started on the front foot and in just the 3rd minute Manuel Locatelli attempted a shot from outside the box, which went wide of the target. Verona responded in the 4th minute through Tomas Suslov, but Michele Di Gregorio was alert to the danger and dealt with the effort.