Juventus, the leaders and defending champion, tied the equalizer from Sassuolo (3-3), wasting a two-goal lead early Wednesday, in the 33rd stage of the Italian Football League, to be unable to win for the third time in a row.
Juventus were close to putting an end to a series of four consecutive victories for Sassuolo, eighth in the standings, when they advanced with two goals after 12 minutes, but the green team scored a hat-trick before Brazilian Alex Sandro saved a point for the guests.
The "Bianconeri" had escaped the last round of a loss against Atalanta, a surprise of the season locally and continental, when he equaled it with a penalty kick for his Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo in the killer time (2-2), after a big loss against Milan 2-4, to shake his net nine times in The last three games.
The difference between Juventus (77 points) and Atalanta, the runner-up, are seven points.
The coach Maurizio Sari's line-up succeeded quickly through the Brazilian full back Danilo on his 29th birthday, with a powerful shot from the edge of the area after a corner kick (5).
And the Argentine Gonzalo Higuain added the second goal, translating a pass in the rear and breaking the offside trap (12).
Sassuolo, however, narrowed the lead by Philippe Djuricic, with a ball from within the area prepared by brilliant veteran Francesco Caputo (29).
Juventus goalkeeper received 19 shots in the first half against his goal, which is the largest number since the 2005 season.
Sassuolo equalized from a left free kick by Dominico Berardi to the left of Polish goalkeeper Wojciech Chicheny, who followed with his eye (51).
Kabuto scored the third following on the empty net, a shot (54). Brazilian fullback Alex Sandro saved Juventus’s face with a goal from a header (64).
The former runner-up of Lazio continued its collapse and tied negatively on Udinese, to fail to win for the fourth time in a row.
And Rome Fifth achieved his third successive victory at the expense of his guest Verona 2-1, while Milan VII continued his beautiful return after pausing the new Corona virus, and turned his delay against his guest Parma to a deserved victory 3-1.
Juventus get away with defeat against Sassuolo ... and Ronaldo does not score
2020-07-16T08:26:52.552Z
Juventus, the leaders and defending champion, settled for Sassuolo's equalizer (3-3), wasting a two-goal lead early Wednesday in the 33rd stage of the Italian Football League, to fail to win for the third time in a row. Juventus was close to ending a series of four wins
Source: emara