After AC Milan’s victory at home against Hellas Verona thanks to Rafael Leao’s unique achievement, the 5th day of Serie A continued with a confrontation between Sassuolo and Juventus. The Old Lady could also take back the throne of the Italian championship from Inter in the event of victory. In a balanced first period, both teams were efficient. But in this little game, the Bianconeri were trailing at the break while Armand Laurienté had started this meeting with a poorly negotiated strike by Wojciech Szczesny (12th, 1-0). If Matias Viña restarted the match by deceiving his own goalkeeper on a worked cross from Federico Chiesa (21st, 1-1), Domenico Berardi gave the locals the advantage again just before half-time (41st, 2-1).
General classification Serie A
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#
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Team
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Pts
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J
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DIF
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G
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NOT
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D
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BP
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B.C.
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1 |
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12 |
4 |
12 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
1 |
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2 |
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12 |
5 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
10 |
7 |
|
3 |
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11 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
8 |
4 |
|
4 |
|
10 |
5 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
11 |
6 |
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5 |
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8 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
8 |
7 |
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6 |
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7 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
5 |
|
7 |
|
7 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
4 |
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8 |
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7 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
9 |
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9 |
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7 |
5 |
-1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
5 |
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10 |
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6 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
8 |
5 |
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Upon returning from the locker room, the two coaches made several changes. Despite this breath of fresh air, hot situations were still rare. At the hour mark, Domenico Berardi came close to receiving a red card for a sole on Bremer’s shin but the video assistance confirmed the yellow card (59th). At the end of the match, Federico Chiesa equalized with a beautiful volley (78th, 2-2) while Andrea Pinamonti gave his team a lead after a shot from Armand Laurienté was poorly repelled by the Turin goalkeeper (32nd). , 3-2). In added time, Gregoire Defrel found the crossbar then Federico Gatti scored a completely crazy own goal after a clearance from his goalkeeper (90th + 4, 4-2). With this first setback of the season in Serie A, Juventus remains stuck at the foot of the podium in the Italian championship.
