Juventus 0-3 Lazio: Dele-Bashiru Seals Shock Turin Rout

Lazio produced the result of the Serie A weekend on Sunday night, humiliating Juventus 3-0 at the Allianz Stadium as Oliver Provstgaard, Gustav Isaksen and substitute Fisayo Dele-Bashiru scored the goals that lifted Gennaro Gattuso's side level with Inter at the top of the table.

Juventus never recovered from a sluggish start. Randal Kolo Muani thought he had put the hosts ahead on 24 minutes, volleying home only to be flagged offside, and Lazio made the escape count. The visitors worked a short corner on the left on 37 minutes, Mattia Zaccagni crossed, and the 1.93m centre-back Provstgaard glanced a header home for his first goal for the club, as Reuters reported. Nuno Tavares then saw a shot deflect off Gleison Bremer and loop onto the top of the crossbar as Lazio finished the half in complete control.

Danish double does the damage

Luciano Spalletti, serving a one-match touchline ban and watching from the stands while assistant Marco Domenichini patrolled the technical area, sent on Nick Woltemade at half-time, but the German striker scuffed a presentable chance wide ten minutes after the restart — and Lazio punished him. On 66 minutes Tavares fed Isaksen on the right, the Dane shifted the ball onto his left foot and bent a low finish into the far corner for his second goal at this stadium in as many seasons.

Dele-Bashiru finishes the job

The third goal was the picture of the night. Dele-Bashiru, the Nigeria midfielder sent on with 21 minutes left, launched a counter-attack from inside his own half on 89 minutes, drove unhindered into the Juventus box and slotted home a low finish as home supporters streamed for the exits and those who stayed jeered their team to the final whistle. Bremer did not hold back afterwards, telling Football Italia he cannot carry the whole team and that some of his teammates hide and feel scared when they hear the jeers. Spalletti was just as blunt: "We were clearly outplayed, we were slow, we lacked ideas. It's hard to understand."

So what does it mean?

Lazio have 19 points from seven matches — six wins and a draw — their best start to a Serie A season, surpassing the 17 points of Sven-Goran Eriksson's 1999-2000 side, who went on to win the title. Gattuso is the first manager in Lazio's history to win six of his first seven league matches, and his team sit level with Inter, trailing only on goal difference, on a day when AC Milan's 3-2 win over Atalanta kept the pressure on below them. Juventus, by contrast, are eighth on 11 points, eight behind the leaders, with one win from their last five league games. "We may well be the surprise package of this league, but we mustn't change our approach," Gattuso said. "We need to take each match as it comes and work hard."

Beyond the Final Whistle verdict: This was not a smash-and-grab — it was a dismantling. Lazio were sharper, braver and better organised in every department, and a Juventus side missing their coach from the touchline looked exactly that: leaderless. Bremer's comments tell you the dressing room knows it too. Eight points adrift after seven games is not a blip, it is a crisis of identity, and Spalletti has to solve it fast. As for Lazio, a club that was supposed to be rebuilding is suddenly dreaming of 2000 all over again. Can Gattuso's Lazio really win Serie A, or will Inter pull away? Tell us in the comments.