We could say that Lazio basically gave the spot to Juventus and not Juventus took it. Because Juventus winning is one side of the story but if Lazio won then they would have stayed at the top, not only that but they have 3 losses in the last 5 games, if you want to be second team in the rankings then you can't have 3 losses in the last 5 games, that's just not possible and not acceptable. Look at Napoli, they won the league weeks and weeks ago, and officially won it now, and yet they are still not losing like that, they are still getting wins.
This proves the point that if a team deserves to be at the top, they will not suddenly start being a bad team, they will keep on being a great team and that should go on for a while longer. I know that it is not an easy job, but we should just accept that Juventus did alright, but Lazio did horrible.
I would actually not say that the spot of Juventus was given to them for free. Juventus had to work really hard to actually achieve what they have. We all know how many difficulties Juventus actually faced this season. It is actually really great to see that Juventus fought their way back to the second position in which they were supposed to be in the first place. I will say that Juventus actually did incredible this season.
But I absolutely agree that Lazio didn't do too well at all, especially in the current stage of the competition. They could easily stay in the second position. But they have just lost too many matches.
regards
duke