Juventus was on the verge of wrapping up an eight consecutive Serie A title as SPAL denied them that opportunity with a surprising 2-1 defeat. That would have been record breaking as no other Serie A team has won the title eight times in a row.
Juventus just needed one point to win the title but as a result of the defeat, they will have to wait for their next match on Saturday next week in their match against Fiorentina, unless Napoli fails to defeat Chievo on Sunday.
Moise Kean brilliantly turned home Joao Cancelo’s wayward shot to put Juventus on the scoreboard. .
And just after half-time, Kevin Bonifazi scored the equalizer with a well placed header, before 37-year-old Sergio Floccari scored the winning goal.
Andrea Barzagli, Juventus defender, aged 37, confirmed after the match against SPAL that he will hang his boots at the end of the season.
However, It was a long time deadlock break for SPAL as this was their first win against the Italian champions – Juventus – since February 1957 and only Juventus’ second league defeat of the entire Serie A season.
Allegri didn’t play several first-team picks, including top scorer Cristiano Ronaldo, having Tuesday’s Champions League quarter-final second leg at home to Ajax in mind. They were evenly tied to 1-1 at the Johan Cruyff Arena last week.
This was their youngest starting line-up in Serie A for 2 decades, average of 25 years and 104 days. Paolo Gozzi Iweru, their 17-year-old centre-back became the youngest player to appear in Italy’s top flight this season.
With the final score at 1-1, Stephy Mavididi, England there was also a Juventus debut for England U20 striker Stephy Mavididi.
The 20-year-old who joined the Italian club from Arsenal in August, came on in the 68th minute.
Juventus have won every Italian league title since moving to their current stadium in 2011 and a record 34 in total.
Despite the defeat they are 20 points clear of second-placed Napoli, who have seven games remaining this season.