TURIN (ITALPRESS) – The match between Juventus and Fiorentina ends 2-2. Emotions and spectacle in the 6 p.m. match at the Stadium, where the Bianconeri failed to win after twice taking the lead: eleventh draw of the season, in the next round there will be the derby with Torino. Before that, however, the Bianconeri will take on Milan in the semifinal of the Italian Super Cup. The violets return to points after two consecutive defeats, on the horizon will be the big match with Napoli.
Two surprise moves in the starting lineups, practically one on each side: Motta chooses Mbangula in place of Yildiz, Palladino sends in Ranieri on the left since Gosens has trained little due to gastroenteritis. The first chance comes from the right with Conceicao, but Vlahovic fails to find the decisive header. Soon after, the match director, Maurizio Mariani of the Aprilia section, interrupted the match for a few minutes due to discriminatory chants directed toward the Serbian by his former fans. The first goal came on 20′ when Thuram was skillful in taking advantage of an inattention by the purple defense: complicated for De Gea to intercept the low shot at the first post. As the minutes passed Fiorentina found the key to put the Bianconeri in trouble, it was Kean who came up with the equalizer on the perfect cross from Adli. Two chances for the hosts at the sunset of the first half: Vlahovic is bricked by the purple goalkeeper, Locatelli grazes the post with a violent conclusion from the distance.
In the second half, the Bianconeri got off on the right foot and after just three minutes Thuram put his side ahead again: from Koopmeiners the intuition for the Frenchman who from inside the area beat De Gea for the second time. Yildiz and Gatti missed two chances for a possible 3-1, in the end Fiorentina, with three minutes to go, evened the score with Sottil, skillful in taking advantage of a carelessness of the home defense.
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Thuram not enough for Juve, it’s 2-2 against Fiorentina
