Juventus climb to top of Serie A with win over Lecce

Juventus climb to top of Serie A with win over Lecce

Juve lead the standings with 52 points, one ahead of second-placed Inter Milan.

Juventus’ Dusan Vlahovic (left) and Lecce’s Patrick Dorgu fight for the ball during their Serie A match. (LaPresse/AP pic)
LECCE:
A second-half brace from Dusan Vlahovic and a late header from Gleison Bremer earned Juventus a 3-0 away win over Lecce on Sunday, lifting them to the top of Serie A.

Juve lead the standings with 52 points, one ahead of second-placed Inter Milan, who did not play a league match this weekend as they were participating in the Italian Supercup. Lecce are 14th with 21 points.

After 59 minutes, Juve broke the deadlock when Vlahovic sent the ball bouncing into the far corner.

Nine minutes later, Vlahovic doubled Juve’s lead by deflecting a header from Weston McKennie that was already on course for the net.

Bremer completed the win by leaping over the Lecce defence to head the ball into the net from a set piece five minutes from time.

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