TURIN (ITALPRESS) – The match of the 16th matchday of Serie A between Juventus and Venezia ended in a draw, 2-2. The lagoon players were one step away from victory but a late penalty from Vlahovic’s last added time allowed the Old Lady to secure their fourth draw in a row and their tenth in this championship. After an initial phase without too many shocks, it was Juventus who broke the deadlock with Gatti: the Piedmontese defender, scoring his first goal of the season, took advantage of Thuram’s header from a corner kick from the left by Koopmeiners and left him alone in front at the goal all he had to do was push the ball into the net. After half an hour the visitors were close to equalising: from Pohjanpaolo’s pass, the ball landed at the feet of Andersen who chipped the crossbar with a shot from the edge of the box. Juventus struggled in the second half of the half and Venezia became familiar with the match by regularly appearing in the Juventus half of the pitch. At the start of the second half, after four minutes, Juventus had doubled their lead with a goal that was almost a photocopy of the one in the first half but Yildiz’s final touch was spoiled by a handball that forced referee Giua to cancel it. With the hosts failing to find the right finish on a couple of other occasions, it was Venezia who found the equalizer in the 16th minute: from a precise cross from the right by Zampano it was Ellertsson who escaped Savona’s marking and headed past Di Gregorio thus scoring his second goal in Serie A. Cold shower for the hosts seven minutes from the end when a free kick from former player Nicolussi Cavigilia was Idzes jumped higher than anyone and headed past Di Gregorio but in full injury time, in the 50th minute, it was Vlahovic who found the equalizer from a penalty for a handball by Candela after a previous shot by Conceicao which was rejected by Stankovic.– Photo Image –(ITALPRESS).
