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Juventus drew 2-2 at Fiorentina in Serie A’s 11th round. Luciano Spalletti’s side came from behind twice: Nick Woltemade cancelled out Mateo Pellegrino’s opener, before Bremer answered Alieu Njie’s second-half goal. Guglielmo Vicario made two crucial stoppage-time saves to preserve the draw.
Spalletti started Woltemade through the middle with Kolo Muani and Boga on either side. McKennie returned to the starting line-up and Cabal played at left-back. Juventus soon had another deficit to overcome.
Pellegrino headed in Pedro Gonçalves’s corner after just four minutes. Juventus gradually responded, with McKennie heading wide and Cabal forcing David de Gea into a save with a left-footed strike.
Kolo Muani provided the main attacking threat. In the 32nd minute he beat Viery and set up Woltemade for the equaliser. The pair combined again shortly afterwards, but De Gea denied the German on that occasion. The sides went into the interval level.
Fiorentina regained the lead in the 54th minute. Jiménez delivered from the right; after Vicario’s intervention and a scramble, Njie reacted quickest to finish.
Spalletti introduced Çelik, Zhegrova and Alajbegović. Douglas Luiz headed over from Zhegrova’s cross, but then supplied the corner for Juventus’s second equaliser in the 66th minute. Bremer reached the ball before an uncertain De Gea and headed home.
Both teams continued to chase a winner. Alajbegović tested De Gea, while Drăgușin found the net from a corner in the 82nd minute only for the goal to be disallowed for a push on Bremer. Late substitute Ekhator headed over.
\n\n\nJoão Mário handball and Luca Marelli’s assessment
\n\n\nShortly beforehand, Juventus had appealed for a penalty after the ball struck João Mário’s left arm inside the area. Andrea Colombo waved play on and VAR did not send the referee to the monitor.
\n\n\nAnalysing the incident in DAZN’s studio, former referee Luca Marelli said the defender’s arm was too wide and the contact should have been penalised. In Marelli’s view, Colombo should have been called to the monitor and awarded a penalty. He also considered the later disallowing of Fiorentina’s goal correct because Drăgușin pushed Bremer. Sky Sport ran a separate post-match video analysis of the João Mário incident.
Vicario then saved from Brescianini and Mastantuono in stoppage time, with Beto also shooting wide. Juventus escaped with a point after allowing more dangerous chances. Our assessment is that recovering twice showed resilience, but relying on the goalkeeper so late underlined the team’s difficulty in controlling the game.
Goals: Pellegrino 4′, Njie 54′; Woltemade 32′, Bremer 66′. Juventus: Vicario; Kalulu, Bremer, Lucumí, Cabal; McKennie, Douglas Luiz, Koopmeiners; Kolo Muani, Woltemade, Boga. Coach: Luciano Spalletti. Referee: Andrea Colombo.
Sources: Sky Sport · Corriere dello Sport · JuventusNews24 · TMW — Marelli analysis · Sky Sport — João Mário handball analysis