Overview
- Juventus, which won Sunday in Turin, scored through a second-minute header from Jonathan David and a 57th-minute header from Khephren Thuram.
- The result leaves Juventus five points clear of Como in the final Champions League spot and three behind Milan and Napoli after Como and Roma dropped points earlier in the weekend.
- Following Thursday’s 4-0 Europa League loss at Aston Villa that sealed a 7-1 aggregate exit, coach Vincenzo Italiano said Bologna’s season is basically finished and lamented having no time to prepare, and his team finished with 10 men after Federico Bernardeschi’s thigh injury.
- Luciano Spalletti said Juventus are on the right track and praised a united group that maintained intensity from the start.
- A pre-match tribute honored former Juventus and Bologna goalkeeper Alex Manninger, 48, with Gianluigi Buffon, Leonardo Bonucci and Giorgio Chiellini laying flowers on the pitch.