Football, Juve lose at home to Sassuolo

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27 October 2021Second defeat at the Stadium, the third season in the league, for Juventus who, after the last-minute draw against Inter at San Siro, must surrender 2-1 to Sassuolo.

The match valid for the tenth day was decided by a goal in the 44th minute of Frattesi, in the 76th minute the Juventus draw with McKennie but in the injury time it was Maxime Lopez who punished Juventus by giving the neroverdi the first victory in the history of Sassuolo at the Stadium.

The ranking now sees the neroverdi rise to 14 points, to 15 Juventus now 13 points away from the leaders Milan

Juventus starts well, Morata caught between the lines loses the moment in a dribbling too many stopped by Lopez. Still the Spaniard with a diagonal out of it not by much. At 8 'on the development of a corner it is Danilo who seeks the blow from outside the box with no luck. De Sciglio gets hurt, Alex Sandro enters. At 20 'Sassuolo shows up, lost ball by McKennie in midfield with Berardi who flies towards the area and starts a shot just wide.

At 37 'occasionissima Juve, Dybala takes the ball to the limit and lets go a shot that is printed on the post to the right of Consiglio. At 41 'after a beat and retries in the overturned area of ​​the Church from the small area with the ball over the crossbar. At 44 'Sassuolo took the lead, Defrel verticalized for Frattesi who, face to face with Perin, deposited a precise diagonal on the net.

Change for Allegri at the beginning of the second half, Cuadrado enters for Rabiot. At 55 'a tense free-kick by Dybala for the head of Alex Sandro who does not frame the goal. Berardi starts again for Raspadori, on the side. On the other front of Cuadrado, Consigli is overtaken but Ayhan thinks about rejecting. At 58 'double chance for Juve, Consigli saves himself diving on a precise shot by Dybala, the ball arrives on the head of Chiesa which raises over the crossbar

The pressure of the bianconeri increases. Raspadori comes out, inside Scamacca. In Juve in Kaio Jorge for Morata. At 71 'Cuadrado for Kaio Jorge who tries the overhead kick but does not impact well. Double change for Sassuolo, Defrel and Frattesi come out for Toljan and Matheus Henrique. Juve is tightening the pace with the visiting team that retreats its center of gravity. At 76 'McKennie headed equalized from a cross from Dybala's free-kick.

Fresh forces for Juve, Kulusevski and Arthur enter for Danilo and Locatelli. For the Emilians Chiriches takes over Traoré. Heart-pounding final with Juve chasing 3 points. In the recovery Dybala reaches the bottom and puts in the center a cross-shot that cuts the area without finding deviations.

In the last minute of recovery Sassuolo restarts with Berardi who serves Maxime Lopez perfectly, who in front of Perin with a touch underneath bypasses the Juventus goalkeeper for the winning goal.

After the last-breath mockery against Udinese, Atalanta immediately returned to win by beating a good Sampdoria at home. It ends 1-3 in Marassi with Askildsen's own goal and the seals of Zapata and Ilicic that overturn Caputo's initial advantage. Gasperini's team (disqualified and forced to the stands) momentarily rises to a par with Inter, overtaking Roma in fourth place, but both the Giallorossi and the Nerazzurri have yet to take the field.

The Bergamo players start strong and reach the advantage twice with Zapata and Maehle, but in the 10th minute the Sampdoria take the lead: Caputo escapes face to face with Musso and with a left-handed diagonal beats him 1-0. The Goddess reacts immediately and within three minutes completely overturns the game with Askildsen's own goal and Zapata's zuccata, both born from two crosses to Zappacosta's kiss. At 36 'Ciccio Caputo would have a sensational chance for a draw, but in front of Musso this time he misses the touch below and the conclusion is rejected. In the second half the match remains in balance, the Sampdoria try them all to hunt for a draw, but in the end comes the pearl of Ilicic who fixes the final 3-1 from Bergamo.

Thanks to a much-discussed penalty kick at the end of the match, Verona saved their lives on the Udinese pitch, returning home with a 1-1 draw. Barak responds to the initial advantage of Success from just eleven meters, leaving so much bitterness in the mouth of Gotti's team that, with a goal ahead, he wasted several opportunities to close the match. Bianconeri who rise to 11 points, yellow and blue who instead maintain a length of advantage, reaching 12 points. Not even three minutes pass and the hosts immediately unblock it with the goal of Success, who immediately repays Gotti's trust by signing the first starting point. '1-0.

The Scaligeri are having a hard time reacting and the Friulians control the game well, touching the doubling several times in particular with Nuytinck, who with a header from a corner calls for Montipò to intervene. The visiting goalkeeper is providential even after half an hour on an attempt by Beto, smanacciato diving on the post. In the second half Tudor tries to run for cover by inserting the very titular players and the results can be seen, because Hellas starts to play and scare Udinese but without creating great dangers. At 76 'Pereyra is one step away from the Bianconeri's doubling, but Montipò is very good at flying again by deflecting a shot aimed at the corner in a corner kick. A few moments pass and on the other side comes the episode that restores equality,with Barak winning and realizing the penalty kick of the final 1-1.