Juventus came back from being twice behind to force a draw against their hosts, Fiorentina, by a score of 2-2, at the Artemio Franchi stadium on Sunday evening, concluding the matches of the eleventh round of the Italian football league.
With this result, Juventus raised their tally to 18 points in seventh place, while Fiorentina increased their total to 9 points in fifteenth place, after failing to achieve two consecutive victories in the competition for the first time since April last year.
Mutual goals
The home team started the match ideally, opening the scoring after just four minutes through Matteo Pessina, who rose to a corner kick taken by Pedro Gonçalves, and headed it into the net, exploiting the absence of defensive coverage.
Juventus pressed in search of an equalizer, and American Weston McKennie almost achieved it with a header that went just wide of the post. Meanwhile, Colombian Juan Cuadrado missed two chances, before German Niklas Füllkrug managed to return the match to its starting point at the 32nd minute, after capitalizing on a pass from Frenchman Randal Kolo Muani and sending the ball into the net.
Draw in the second half
With the start of the second half, Fiorentina regained their lead in the 54th minute through Swede Aliou Ndiaye, who finished a ball that rebounded from goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario, following a cross from Alex Jimenez, sending it into the empty net.
But Juventus equalized again 12 minutes later, following a corner kick taken by Brazilian Douglas Luiz. The Spanish goalkeeper David de Gea came out to deal with it, but his compatriot and former Brazil national team teammate Gleison Bremer preceded him to the ball, and turned it with his shoulder into the goal.
Thrilling finish
Fiorentina almost snatched the winning goal in the final minutes, when Romanian Radu Dragusin won an aerial duel against goalkeeper Vicario, his former teammate at Tottenham, but the referee disallowed the goal due to a foul, ending the match in a 2-2 draw.
Source: Anadolu Agency
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