Football club Juventus suffer defeat at Sassuolo in Serie A

TURIN: Juventus fell to a 1-0 loss at Sassuolo after a second-half goal by substitute Gregoire Defrel earned the points in Serie A on Sunday, condemning Massimiliano Allegri's side to successive league defeats for the first time this season. Juve, seventh in the standings on 44 points, missed the chance to close the gap to the top six and remain four points behind Atalanta.

For Juventus, who took a small step towards the last four of the Europa League with a 1-0 home victory over Sporting in the first leg of their quarter-final on Thursday, this was their first consecutive defeat in Serie A since October 2021.

Juve lost 2-1 at Lazio in their last league outing.

Sassuolo, who moved up three places to 10th on 40 points from 30 games, travel to Salernitana on Saturday.

Sixteenth-placed Lecce, five points above the relegation zone, drew 1-1 at home to Sampdoria who are rooted to the bottom of the table 10 points adrift of the safety line, while Torino, in 11th, had the same scoreline against 15th-placed Salernitana.

Third-placed AS Roma secured a comfortable 3-0 home win against Udinese thanks to goals from Edoardo Bove, Lorenzo Pellegrini and Tammy Abraham.

Roma now have 56 points from 30 games, five adrift of second-placed Lazio and three above AC Milan in fourth. Jose Mourinho's Roma side will look to recover from a goal down in their Europa League quarter-final when they host Feyenoord in the second leg on Thursday before travelling to Atalanta in Serie A on April 24.

Udinese are 12th on 39 points and host second-bottom Cremonese next Sunday. Agencies

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