Boos, injury and red card. Juve does not go beyond the 2-2 draw at the Stadium against Bologna, he loses Cambiaso on the eve of the match against City to an ankle injury and attends the Motta’s outburstkicked out by the referee in the 51st minute. Unwatchable first half, with the usual Vlahovic struggling to find the way to the goal, and a reaction that only materializes in the second half (with the first mark in black and white by Buyers and the signature of Thunder) which however does not lead to the three points, which have been missing for a month now. The only positive aspect, to be taken and caressed, is the desire to never give up, to never give up even when everything seems lost. Too little, however, for a team that should aim at least (as declared by the owners themselves) for fourth place. The most difficult test on Wednesday, probably without Cambiaso, Juve’s best player at the start of the season: after Bologna, Guardiola’s City arrive at the Stadium, also in a less than amazing moment of form. Take the popcorn…
Motta expelled
Koopmeiners celebrating his first time in black and white and Mbangula finding an unbeaten-saving jewel in the 92nd minute. These are the protagonists of a Juventus team that only at the last minute avoided their first defeat in the championship, overcoming Bologna from 0-2 to a 2-2 final. Vincenzo Italiano’s team managed to catch up in full recovery, while Thiago Motta’s team, sent off for protests a few minutes into the second half, had the strength not to give up. Bologna, in Turin without any fear, took control of the match in the first minutes of the game by insistently appearing in the Juventus frontline. The rossoblù almost took the lead in the 9th minute when Miranda’s cross from the left Castro he made the bank with his chest to Ndoye who kicked with his right neck, hitting the post to the left of Very. However, the Swiss made no mistake on the half hour mark when, following a wonderful low through ball from Holm, he took the time to Rabbit and put the ball under the crossbar at the near post, wrong-footing Perin. An impalpable Juventus, with barely a ball touched up to that point in the opponent’s area, finally woke up after the deficit and three minutes later Beans from an excellent location, primed by Conceiçãoincredibly sent the ball into the corner, while in full recovery on an invention by Koopmeiners it was Vlahovic who tried with his left foot but found the great response from Skorupski.
Juve, avoided their first knockout in the championship
Late night at the start of the second half at Juventus: in the 6th minute Thiago Motta saw a red card waved in his face by referee Marchetti for protests and a minute later Bologna’s second goal came with He runs away: following a superb back-heel play by Castro, the former AC Milan and Torino player hit the Juventus goalkeeper with a soft right-footed touch, also unleashing the wrath of the home crowd who protested against the team. As in the first half, Juve’s response came after the goal conceded, but this time it turned into the first goal for Juventus for Koopmeiners who put a low cross from the right past Skorupski from the right by Danilo. A reaction that materialized with the equalizer in full stoppage time when, in the 47th minute, from an assist from Vlahovic, the new substitute Mbangula scored with a right-footed shot. Skorupskigiving his team a point and avoiding, if not the state of crisis at Juve, then the first defeat in the championship.
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