Last-gasp Rugani saves Juve against Frosinone

Juventus Argentinian forward Carlos Alcaraz (R) fights for the ball with Frosinones Italian midfielder Luca Mazzitelli during the Italian Serie A football match Juventus vs Frosinone on February 25, 2024 at the Allianz Stadium in Turin. (Photo by MARCO BERTORELLO / AFP)

Daniele Rugani saved Juventus with a last-gasp strike in Sunday’s 3-2 home win over Frosinone which ended a worrying winless streak in Serie A at four matches.

Defender Rugani forced home the decisive goal in the fifth and last minute of stoppage time in Turin to cut the gap between Juve and league leaders Inter Milan to six points.

Hosts Juve looked set for another embarrassing result after goals from Walid Cheddira and Marco Brescianini cancelled out Dusan Vlahovic’s first-half brace.

Inter can re-establish their nine-point lead later on Sunday when they face Lecce.

Leaders Inter could go into next weekend’s fixtures a full 12 points ahead of Juve as they also have a game in hand against in-form Atalanta on Wednesday.

Rugani’s goal also gave Juve a five-point cushion between them and AC Milan who host Atalanta at the San Siro in Sunday’s late match.

Frosinone, meanwhile, are 16th and three points above the relegation zone after a fourth straight defeat for Eusebio Di Francesco’s leaky side, who have conceded 14 goals in that run.

Later Napoli try to reignite their hopes of European football at Cagliari in Francesco Calzona’s first league match with the ailing Italian champions.

Calzona made a positive start to his new job on Wednesday night when Napoli drew 1-1 with Barcelona in the last 16 of the Champions League.

Napoli are ninth, five points from the European spots and a huge 12 behind fourth-placed Bologna who sit in the final Champion League spot after