Sergio’s Grab Bag: It was never going to be easy

TURIN, ITALY - MAY 03: Dusan Vlahovic of Juventus celebrates during the Serie A match between Juventus FC and Hellas Verona FC at Allianz Stadium on May 03, 2026 in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Image Photo Agency/Getty Images) | Getty Images If it were easy, it wouldn’t be a Juventus season! Right after taking advantage of Como and Roma choking away fourth place in the Serie A table, Juventus had the inside track to stamp their ticket with an extremely soft schedule after a tough visit to Milan to play Max Allegri the Rossoneri .

Regardless of form, getting a draw at the San Siro will never be a terrible result, and I think most of us were OK with getting a point from the toughest game remaining in the season. (Yes, even if it was an absolutely dreary 0-0 draw against Allegri’s current team. Fun fact: 180 minutes between these two squads this year, not a single goal was scored.

That’s real football as far as I’m concerned. ) So, naturally, Juventus immediately followed that up with something that we have unfortunately grown used to recently: a thoroughly disappointing draw against a squad much, much worse than they are! At home!

Against a team that is already relegated! Yes, instead of putting more of a point differential in between them and the chasing pack of Roma and Como, Juventus opened the door by dropping what should have been a surefire win against Serie B-bound Hellas Verona. Thanks to Roma beating their respective bottom feeder (but relatively safe now), Fiorentina, one day after, they are now just one point away from the Bianconeri as we rumble to the last three games of the season.