Far from fighting for the Italian Championship title, Juventus continues to make mistakes, their seventh in the last eight games. This Sunday, there was a goalless draw with Genoa, at the Allianz Stadium, for the 29th round. With that, he parked once and for all in comfortable third place.
With the draw, Juventus reached 59 points, far behind Inter Milan, which occupies the isolated lead. Milan is second. Bologna, in fourth, has 54 and is still far from threatening the ‘Old Lady’s’ third position. Genoa, in the middle of the table, has 34.
Juventus were superior in the initial stage, but the first great scoring opportunity in the match belonged to Genoa. In the seventh minute, after a free kick, Mattia Bani headed the ball from the penalty spot, to a great save by goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny. Despite having possession of the ball, the home team was unable to free themselves from the marking and took a while to get a clear chance to open the scoring.
At 32, Federico Gatti received the ball inside the area and shot, but Genoa’s defense managed to stop and prevent Juventus from taking the score off. The home team continued to put pressure on, but still had difficulty getting through the trap set up by Genoa. With that, the duel went to halftime at 0-0.
Juventus’ dominance was even more dominant in the second half, when they had 71% possession of the ball, and were very close to opening the scoring at 22. Samuel Iling Júnior took a risk from the edge of the area and hit the post. Soon after, Vlahovic received the ball from the penalty spot and sent it very close to the goal.
Genoa could no longer threaten and started to defend themselves to avoid defeat. With that, Juventus went to bat, but the ball insisted on not going in. Kean took a risk from distance and sent another ball hitting the post. Before the final whistle, Vlahovic was sent off, but there was no time left for anything else.
In the next round, Juventus will face Lazio on Saturday (30), at 2pm (Brasília time), at the Olympic Games in Rome. On the same day, at 11am, Genoa hosts Frosinone, at Luigi Ferraris.
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