The Juventus gets scared with the Bolognathe draw only arrives in the 80th minute.
The rossoblu prove to be tough and go ahead with Ferguson, then Vlahovic avoids defeat on his debut at the Stadium. There is the taste of a lost opportunity among the black and whites, even if Thiago Motta amply deserved the point won under the Mole and can recriminate for the penalty not granted on the Ndoye-Iling contact. A forced change and one by technical choice, for the rest it is the same Juve seen in Udine. Szczesny is out of action due to a blow and Perin plays, in midfield there is Fagioli and not Miretti to complete the department with Locatelli and Rabiot. Then they are only confirmations for Allegri, who proposes Weah and Cambiaso again on the lanes, the Danilo-Bremer-Alex Sandro trio in defense and the Chiesa-Vlahovic tandem in attack. Thiago Motta also chooses the line of continuity despite the defeat on his debut against Milan and only changes Dominguez with Orsolini, lowering Moro from attacking midfielder to halfback paired with Aebischer. Zirkzee is once again the only striker, Ndoye and Ferguson are the finishers together with the freshly renewed class of 1997. The coach also confirms the back quartet with full-backs Posch and Lykogiannis and central defenders Beukema and Lucumì. Juve is the same as the Dacia Arena in men and in the line-up, not in attitude and brilliance: right from the first minutes, the bianconeri seem staid and predictable, slow in maneuvering and moving off the ball, so the rossoblu play their game restart and counter-attack. Moro tries from outside but misses the goal, Ndoye has a great chance but shoots at Perin. The goal was in the air and arrived midway through the first half: Bremer and Alex Sandro hindered each other and left the ball to Zirkzee, the Dutchman rewarded Ferguson’s entry and the Scotsman brought the visitors forward. On the other hand, however, Skorupski was inactive and the Bianconeri timidly tried to protest for three episodes in the Bologna area, but Di Bello always let it go. So Juve returns to the locker room down by a goal and submerged by boos. Allegri shakes his hands during the interval, Vlahovic equalizes immediately but the referee cancels after the review at the Var for an offside by Rabiot considered active. The bianconeri continue to attack, Skorupski rejects a shot by Weah with an open hand and Fagioli devours the equalizer from an excellent position. Bologna regains balance with the arrivals of Corazza, Dominguez and Karlsson, Allegri looks for a breakthrough in the 66th minute with Iling-Junior and Pogba, welcomed by an ovation. However, it was the rossoblu who came close to doubling the lead: Perin rejected Zirkzee’s shot, Iling-Junior countered Ndoye a few meters from the goal line but for the referee everything was in order, with Thiago Motta booked for protests. 10 minutes from the end, the draw arrives: Pogba launches Iling-Junior, a cross in the middle and a winning header by Vlahovic. Allegri’s moves to try to win it are McKennie and Yildiz, but in the seven minutes of added time it is Juve who risk suffering the knockout blow. In the end it’s one point each, with Bologna passing the Stadium exam and the Bianconeri taking steps back from Udine. “It’s long, let’s go on” Vlahovic’s sentence to the fans during the team’s greeting at the curve.
The seasonal debut in front of their fans for the Fiorentina: leading 2-0 in the first half through Nico Gonzalenz and Duncan, the Viola team recovered in the second half from a Lecce who repeats the feat of a week ago when, down by a goal with Lazio, he was able to overturn the result in a few minutes in the final, winning the three points. This time the Apulians pick up one but the way the match went is very heavy: Rafia shortened, the rookie Krstovic evened the score. An alarm bell for Italiano and his group in view of the return playoff next Thursday at the Franchi against Rapid Vienna. A match that must be won, after the defeat in the first leg, to access the groups of the Conference League. Fiorentina presented themselves for the first time in the league in their stadium with some new features, above all Lucas Beltran as a forward (debut as owner for the Italian/Argentine player) and first time ever for Christensen and Parisi. In a formation changed 6/11 compared to Thursday, the Italian confirmed Nico Gonzalez, Milenkovic, Arthur and Bonaventura and relaunched Quarta in defense. Less upheavals for D’Aversa: with the exception of Gallo inserted in Dorgu’s place, the Lecce coach initially lined up the same ones who a week ago came back and beat Lazio in the final, with Strefezza still as a center forward supported by Almqvist and Banda. Preceded by the walkway of the weightlifter Fabbri, silver medalist at the World Cup in Budapest and a great fan of Fiorentina, and by the homage of the Viola players to his teammate Castrovilli who underwent knee surgery again (group photo with his number 17 shirt), the match began with a few minutes late due to problems with the technology of the refereeing staff. Ready to go and the Italian team passed immediately with Nico Gonzalez, a winning dunk on a Duncani corner. Lecce tried to react with some forays, especially on the left with Banda, and but the Viola, taking advantage of the higher technical rate, went through again in the 25th minute, this time with Duncan free to hit Arthur’s assist triggered by the applauded Beltran. A historic goal, the number 4,000 in Serie A for the Viola club: the number 3,000 was scored by Luca Toni on 18 September 2005. The same Ghanaian midfielder, shortly before the break, came very close to his personal encore when freed by Gonzalez he hit the right post face to face with Falcone. The home team went to half-time with a well-deserved lead, meanwhile during the break the photo and message for Kata, the 5-year-old Peruvian girl who had been missing from Florence for almost 80 days, was being reproduced on the big screen. An initiative promoted by the Penelope Association to which Commisso’s company has joined. At the start of the second half, Lecce, demonstrating their ability to react, reopened the match by shortening their first goal in the top flight with Rafia: a great shot into the cross that forced Fiorentina, intending to lower the pace thinking of the return against Rapid, to don’t let your guard down also because the Apulians kept pushing. The Italian introduced Brekalo, Nzola and Mandragora for Sottil, Beltran (applauded) and Arthur, D’Aversa after Dorgu and Kaba launched Krstovic and the Montenegrin striker could not hope for the best debut: he scored the equalizer, after just 4′, on an assist of Banda. The joy of Lecce and the numerous fans following after the second comeback in a row is understandable. Nervous final, Ferreri Caputi awarded a penalty to Fiorentina for an alleged touch of the hand in the area by Gendrey but the Var canceled for offside by Nzola. Even Infantino and Kouamé inside, the Viola tried to get ahead but tiredness, the heat and an always attentive Lecce prevented them from celebrating their first home win of the season. And on Thursday there will be another exam, this time for Fiorentina not to fail.
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