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The Juventus returns to victory in Serie A and does so, not without suffering, beating a fighting Monza 2-1 from the first to the last minute. The Bianconeri take advantage of two major oversights in the small area by the Brianza players and with McKennie and Nico Gonzalez make the temporary 1-1 draw useless Birindelli (son of the great former Bianconeri who scored his first goal in Serie A). Thiago Motta43 days later, he shakes off the draw that had hit his team and returns to -3 from the 4th place occupied by Lazio, even if he may have lost Teun Koopmeiners due to injury, who came off at half-time with an adductor problem . Another hard fought match and another undeserved defeat for Alessandro Nesta which, however, falls again and this time, thanks to Venezia's victory against Cagliari, he remains very last alone and sees his bench wobble greatly.
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88′ Bianco served by Izzo behind Thuram tries the shot, but only finds the outside of the net.
70′ Great opportunity for Monza with Danilo D'Ambrosio who is served in the area slightly off-centre from the right, but with the entire mirror available and free from marking he tries a left-footed shot which graces Di Gregorio and ends up wide.
66′ Dusan Vlahovic doesn't get there by a whisker on Yildiz's beautiful cut ball into the center of the area from the left. What an opportunity
53′ Nico Gonzalez tries from the edge, Turati relaxes and says no.
46′ Change for Juventus with Thiago Motta leaving Teun Koopmeiners in the locker room at half-time and sending Thuram onto the pitch. Adductor problem for him 40′ What a risk for Juventus. Savona loses a bloody ball on the left and gives Monza at least two potential scoring opportunities in a row. However, Dani Mota had his shot from inside the area blocked twice by Koopmeiners who slipped to deny the 2-2.
39′ GOL – Action from right to left by Juventus with Yildiz's cross who puts the ball back in the small area, picking out Locatelli who is good at cheating on Carboni's position and stopping a ball that Nico Gonzalez attacks, who is very good at blocking Turati from two steps away.
26′ Vlahovic doesn't reach Conceiçao's ball, Turati moves away with the right timing 22′ GOL – Nice move from Monza who crosses from the left with Carboni catching Birindelli in the center of the area who, forgotten by Kalulu, volleys a first-time shot and beats Di Gregorio for the equaliser.
14′ GOL – On the following corner Koopmeiners kicks again into the small area where Weston McKennie, free from marking, beats Turati on the fly.
13′ Turati takes a corner kick, the ball ends up on the head of Nico Gonzalez who immediately tries the shot on goal and is met with another intervention from Turati in the corner.
9′ Juventus loses the ball with Bondo who restarts and serves Caprari who at the limit looks for the far post but shoots just wide. 2′ Bad defensive management by Monza with D'Ambrosio trying to relaunch under pressure from Yildiz who however was hit by the defender's relaunch and almost found the opening goal on the rebound.
1′ Birindelli launches into a 2-on-3 counterattack and, with Caprari in the center of the area, chooses a shot from the edge that is easily saved by Di Gregorio
MONZA-JUVENTUS: THE SCORESHEET
Monza-Juventus 1-2
Scorers: 14' McKennie (J), 21' Birindelli (M), 39' Nico Gonzalez (J)
Assist: 14′ Koopemeiners (J), 21′ Carboni (M)
MONZA (4-4-2): Turati; Kyriakopoulos, D'Ambrosio, Pablo Marí, Carboni; Birindelli, Bianco, Bondo, Pedro Pereira (71' Ciurria); Caprari, Mota Carvalho. Available: Pizzignacco, Mazza, Izzo, Sensi, Forson, Maric, Postiglione, Martins, Colombo.
All. Nesta
JUVENTUS (4-2-3-1): Di Gregorio; Savona, Gatti, Kalulu, McKennie; Locatelli, Koopmeiners (46' K. Thuram); Conceicao, Nico Gonzalez (63' Cambiaso), Yildiz; Vlahovic.
Available: Perin, Pinsoglio, Fagioli, Adzic, Mbangula
All. Thiago Motta.
Referee: Mr. Massa from Imperia (Colarossi – Giallatini)
Ammoniti: Pedro Pereira (M), Conceiçao (J)
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