Juventus stranded in relegation zone

STILL NO WIN:
Juve might solely draw 1-1 with AC Milan and are 18th with simply two factors from 4 video games, with solely Cagliari and US Salernitana 1919 propping them up

Juventus on Sunday have been left struggling within the unlikely environment of Serie A’s backside three after a 1-1 draw with AC Milan saved them looking for a primary league win this season.

Alvaro Morata’s fourth-minute objective gave Juventus the lead, however Ante Rebic headed in a 76th-minute equalizer as Milan ended the weekend in second place on goal-difference behind metropolis rivals Inter, who crushed Bologna 6-1 on Saturday.

Milan might have gained the match within the dying moments, however Juve goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny pulled off a superb point-blank save to disclaim Pierre Kalulu.

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Juventus, nonetheless reeling from the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo to Manchester United, are 18th with simply two factors from 4 video games, with solely Cagliari and US Salernitana 1919 propping them up.

Coach Massimiliano Allegri had harsh phrases for a few of his stars.

“It’s important to be decided, to carry house the sort out, hold centered. That is a part of the overall progress technique of some gamers,” Allegri stated. “I’ll admit that I made errors on the substitutions, I obtained it incorrect. I ought to have put extra defensive gamers on, and put the 1-0 lead below lock and key, so I take accountability for that.”

Milan, lacking each Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Olivier Giroud, dropped their first league factors of the season, however they are going to be relieved to not have misplaced back-to-back video games having gone all the way down to Liverpool within the UEFA Champions League final week.

Spain worldwide Morata quickly allowed Juventus followers to neglect about Ronaldo when he sped away from Theo Hernandez earlier than coolly slotting the ball previous Mike Maignan.

Milan solely threatened by way of three long-range makes an attempt from Sandro Tonali within the first half, however Croatian winger Rebic preserved Milan’s unbeaten league begin by heading in a Tonali nook with 14 minutes left.

“We got here right here to win the sport,” Milan coach Stefano Pioli advised DAZN.

“Juventus did higher within the first 20 minutes, have been extra decided and centered, however we continued enjoying and did significantly better towards the tip with probabilities to win, so it was general a optimistic efficiency,” he stated.

AS Roma dropped their first factors in Serie A below Jose Mourinho as Hellas Verona got here from behind to earn new coach Igor Tudor a 3-2 victory on his debut.

Lorenzo Pellegrini’s intelligent back-heeled flick gave guests Roma a halftime lead within the pouring rain as they sought a fourth successive league win.

Antonin Barak equalized for Verona shortly after the interval and Gianluca Caprari put the hosts forward with a exact end 5 minutes later.

Ivan Ilic turned a Pellegrini cross into his personal objective to carry Roma degree earlier than the hour, however Davide Faraoni’s sensible volley secured the win for Verona to halt a run of three straight losses.

“I knew their qualities, even earlier than the change in coach,” Mourinho advised DAZN. “They’d already posed massive issues to their opponents and when there’s a training change, there’s typically a response mentally, it could occur.”

Roma’s metropolis rivals SS Lazio wanted a late objective from Danilo Cataldi to salvage a 2-2 draw at house to Cagliari.

Ciro Motionless struck for the fifth time in 4 video games as Lazio went forward simply earlier than halftime.

Joao Pedro’s looping header pegged Lazio again proper initially of the second half, with Keita Balde then firing house towards his former membership to place Cagliari on prime.

Nonetheless, the Sardinian membership couldn’t maintain on for victory in Walter Mazzarri’s first sport in cost as Cataldi fired into the highest nook seven minutes from time to rescue Lazio.

Earlier, UC Sampdoria climbed away from the underside three with a 3-0 victory over Empoli.

Venezia’s first Serie A house match for the reason that 2001-2002 season led to a crushing 2-1 loss to Spezia.

Simone Bastoni curled in a sensational effort as Spezia grabbed an early lead on the Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo, an intriguing floor set on the southeastern tip of Venice’s foremost archipelago.

Pietro Ceccaroni headed Venezia degree on the hour, however Mehdi Bourabia’s sensible stoppage-time strike from distance claimed Thiago Motta’s Spezia a primary win.

Extra reporting by employees author