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Juventus beat AC Milan 1-0 to win 3 straight matches

Xinhua, November 22, 2015 Adjust font size:

Juventus pulled out three straight Serie A victories for the first time of the season after beating AC Milan 1-0 on Saturday.  

   Paulo Dybala scored the only goal in a sellout at the Juventus Stadium, where there was increased security a week after the deadly attacks in Paris that took 130 lives and left hundreds more injured.  

   Earlier, Mattia Destro came back to haunt his old side as he scored a late penalty to help Bologna draw 2-2 against title-chasing Roma.  

   Roma moved provisionally level on points with table-topping Fiorentina and Inter Milan, while Bologna inched two points clear of the relegation zone.  

   Juventus leapfrogged Milan, moving a point above the Rossoneri and six below the top three.  

   Juventus took the lead in the 65th minute when Dybala chested down Alex Sandro's cross from the left and smashed it in on the half volley from close range.  

   "It wasn't a good game," Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri said. "We struggled to find space in the first half but the team was solid."   

   Fans and players alike applauded during the French national anthem in Turin and Bologna. Juventus players Paul Pogba and Patrice Evra were playing for France in the friendly international against Germany at the Stade de France when explosions took place across Paris.  

   There was heightened security in Turin, which is located little more than an hour's drive from the French border. As well as extra police, with sniffer dogs and a bomb disposal car nearby, there were also 650 stewards, more than for a derby match. 

   Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon made his Serie A debut 20 years ago this week, four years before Milan counterpart Gianluigi Donnarumma was born. The two swapped shirts after the match and the World Cup-winning Italy goalkeeper hugged the Milan teenager.  Endi