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In a match valid for the 34th round of the Italian Championship, Juventus and Milan draw 0-0, in a match played at the Allianz Stadium, in Turin. The game itself was sleepy, but the Turin team was better and had more clear chances to score and stopped at the great performance of Milan’s reserve goalkeeper Marco Sportiello.
The first half started with Juventus being better, La Vecchia Signora had more possession of the ball in this period and created some chances at the beginning of the game, but was not in much danger. Milan grew stronger throughout the opening stages, but did not create any clear chances. At the end of the first half, Vlahovic almost opened the scoring with a free kick. And the classic went into the second half tied.
In the second stage, Juve also started to be better, and dominated much of the time. He created many chances, but stopped at the great performance of the Rossoneri reserve goalkeeper, Marco Sportiello, who made six saves during the game, he acted because Maignan felt a strain before the game. Milan were unable to create many chances and had many difficulties during the match.
1° TEMPO
The first half started with Juventus in the attacking field and prowling Milan’s area through plays on the wing and crosses. At seven, Vlahovic put Sportiello to work for the first time in the game. The Serbian striker received the ball in the area, spun around a Rossoneri defender and hit the Italian goalkeeper, who slotted it in. Although Milan loosened up more throughout the game, it was Juve who arrived once again. At 15, Gatti received it from Locatti and took a long shot, but the ball went too high and went wide of the Milan goal.
At 22, La Vecchia Signora once again arrived on the attack. Andrea Cambiasso took it to the middle and hit it, but the ball went wide of the goal. Three minutes later the Rossetti team made their first shot of the game. Rafael Leão took a risk from distance, but the ball went wide of the left corner of the goal defended by Pole’s Wojciech Szczęsny. At 29, the Milan fans created another chance after a corner kick. Florenzi took a corner and Matteo Gabbia rose higher than everyone else, but the ball went wide of the left corner.
At 35, Milan created another chance after Pulisic’s cross. The American found Englishman Ruben Loftus-Cheek in the area, who, facing the goal, sent a shot over the Juventus crossbar. After that, neither team created chances until stoppage time. In this period, Milan had more possession of the ball, while Juventus tried to be more objective and tried to bet on stretched balls.
Referee Maurizio Mariani gave two minutes of stoppage time. At the end of the first additional minute Vlahovic created the first clear chance of the game. The Serbian striker who scored goals from free kicks recently, he hit the right corner for Sportiello who jumped and sent it to the corner. And after that, the first stage of the classic ended in a goalless draw.
2° TEMPO
Just like in the first half, Juve started the final stage better. After five, Sportiello made two great saves. First Kostic took a risk and the Italian goalkeeper jumped into the left corner and palmed it, on the rebound Danilo, a full-back from the Brazilian team, hit it from close range and the Italian goalkeeper made another great save. At 15, Milan almost scored after a shot from outside the area. Ruben Loftus-Cheek received, dominated and took a risk from outside the area, but the ball only went close to Wojciech Szczęsny’s right corner.
After that, both teams had difficulty combining their attacks. At 23, Juve missed another clear chance, this time with Milik. After the cross, the Pole rose higher and headed towards the ground, as per the manual, but Sportiello was on target and fell on the right side, dove in and made another save.
At 34, Rafael Leão had his shot blocked by Bremer. The Rossoneri number 10 took it to the middle and finished, but his shot was blocked by the Brazilian defender and went for a corner. Six minutes later, Juve had two clear chances to open the scoring. First after Sportiello’s mistake, Thiaw took it off the line. The Italian goalkeeper left the goal badly and released the ball, it fell to Rabiot who hit it and the German defender blocked it and sent it to the corner. Afterwards, when taking the shot, Milik rose higher than everyone else and tested firmly and the ball went to the right of the goal.
In the second stage, judge Maurizio Mariani gave four minutes of extra time. At 45, American Weston McKennie took a long shot, but his shot was blocked by the defense. At 47, Miretti received the ball from the edge of the area and took a risk, but the ball went wide of the goal. Nothing happened in the game after that. And with that, the classic between Juventus and Milan ended in a 0-0 draw.
Upcoming team games
In the next round, currently third placed in the competition, Juventus will visit Daniele De Rossi’s Roma, who are making a great recovery campaign after José Mourinho’s departure. The match will be played next Sunday, at 3:45 pm (Brasília time). Milan, the current vice-leader, will host Alberto Gilardino’s Genoa at the San Siro, next Sunday, at 1pm (Brasília time).
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