Unlucky Juventus escape being beaten by already relegated Salernitana

The crossbar was Salernitana’s best friend as they held Juventus to a 1-1 draw at the Allianz Stadium this evening.

Already relegated, Salernitana had nothing to lose as they faced Juventus, knowing they could further derail the Bianconeri’s seasonal objectives.

But Juve started as the better team, and Dusan Vlahovic should have opened the scoring after 8 minutes, but Vincenzo Fiorillo punched the Serbian’s shot onto the crossbar.

That was a good sign, and Juve fans wanted their team to take the lead as early as possible.

The Bianconeri continued to look for that goal, but Salernitana looked impressively solid at the back, leaving their fans wondering why they hadn’t defended like this all season.

As Juve saw their attacks either thwarted or the wrong pass made, Salernitana surprisingly took the lead after 27 minutes through Niccolo Pierozzi. Szczesny should have saved that.

Junior Sambia could have extended their lead five minutes later, but Szczesny denied him. Juve continued to struggle in the game, and Gleison Bremer tried his luck from long range, but his shot went wide.

Just before half-time, Andrea Cambiaso was lucky not to draw Juve level as his shot hit the crossbar. It was a very good effort.

At half-time, Max Allegri made three changes, bringing on Fabio Miretti, Federico Chiesa, and Samuel Iling Junior.

Iling-Junior wanted to make an instant impact and drilled a shot just after the break, but Vincenzo Fiorillo was on hand to make the save.

But Salernitana had the next close chance to score as Federico Fazio’s header was just inches over the bar.

On the hour mark, Vlahovic had his best chance of the match, but the Serbian somehow shot wide of the left post from inside the Salernitana box.

Two minutes later, Chiesa thought he had opened the scoring after his shot beat the goalkeeper, but a Salernitana defender made a goal-line clearance.

Gatti was the next Juventus player to get a chance to score as the Bianconeri chased the game, but despite rising…

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Author : Martin U

Publish date : 2024-05-12 18:18:48

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