Juventus snatch a fatal draw from the backyard of Atalanta

February 14, 2022

Juventus snatched a difficult draw against its host Atalanta, with one goal for each team, in the match that brought them together this evening, Sunday, at the Joey’s Stadium, in the 25th round of the Italian League.

Ruslan Malinovsky scored Atalanta’s goal in the 76th minute, and Danilo equalized for Juventus in the 90+2 minute.

With this tie, Juventus raised its score to 46 points to maintain its presence in fourth place, while Atalanta raised its score to 44 points in fifth place.

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Juventus started with a great danger against Atalanta, and Vlahovic almost scored an early goal after he received the ball and shot from a distance, Sportello managed to remove it with his fingertips to pass over the crossbar.

Watch the go als of the Juventus Atalanta match 1-1

Vlahovic returned with a new opportunity on the home side’s goal, as Weston McKinney, Juventus midfielder, passed a cross from the right into the area, the Serbian striker met it with a header in the goal, but the goalkeeper caught it.

In the 15th minute, Dybala missed an opportunity to score after doing everything with the ball, as he went and penetrated into the area to launch a missile shot, to pass next to the right post.

On the other hand, Atalanta’s first real opportunity came against Juve in the 25th minute, after a short corner kicked Muriel, who crossed into the area, and arrived at De Ron, who shot over the goal, despite being devoid of control.

Muriel missed a confirmed goal, after a long ball from the defense, as Chesney came out of his goal, so Coopmineers passed the ball in front of him and reached Muriel, who shot strangely outside the empty goal in the 30th minute.

Within one minute, Atalanta striker Boga missed two good chances.

Boga led a counterattack, with three players against two, and the player chose to shoot the ball into the body of Juventus defender De Ligt, instead of passing to his teammates, then the ball bounced to him again to hit it and hit De Ligt’s head again.

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And in the 76th minute, Atalanta managed to score the first goal of the meeting, after a free-kick he got from a distance, to be executed by Freeler with a simple touch to Malinovsky, who fired an intercontinental missile shot that did not stop and did not respond to Chesney’s net.

The crossbar stood in front of a second goal for Atalanta in the 84th minute, after an excellent cross by Malinovsky to the far left side towards Hatibor, who was in a position free of control to shoot comfortably, but the crossbar blocked the ball.

Danilo saved Juventus from defeat, after he scored the equalizing goal in a deadly time (90 + 2), after a corner was executed inside the area, and he rose above everyone else and headed it into the net.