Cagliari-Juve 2-2, goals from Gaetano, Mina, Vlahovic and own goal from Dossena

Juve saw the witches in Cagliari, but in the end cameback from a point after going down by two goals in the first half for the first time in the season. A result which, especially given how it was going and with the certainty today of five Italian teams in the Champions League next season, may be enough for Massimiliano Allegri. A bit of regret remains for Claudio Ranieri, reached in the 87th minute by an own goal from Dossena, after having toyed with the idea of ​​three points for a long time. For Cagliari, however, from the point of view of salvation, the draw remains dripping gold.

CHOICES

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Ranieri opts for Shomurodov in attack, supported by Gaetano and Luvumbo behind. Four-man defense in the possession phase which transforms into a five-man defense in containment, with Nandez dropping from fifth. In Juve Szczesny recovered between the posts and new features in midfield: Weah on the right in the five-man line, with Cambiaso sliding to the left, while Alcaraz is preferred to McKennie from inside. Up front, the Vlahovic-Chiesa pairing is confirmed, with Kenan Yildiz still on the bench.

WHAT CAGLIARI

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After 2′ Luvumbo immediately starts sprinting, but his right-footed shot from the edge ends up just over. Shortly afterwards, an episode that causes discussion in the rossoblù area, with Mina jumping with her head, but involuntarily hitting Alcaraz with her elbow (she will play with an improvised turban for the rest of the match) before going for the ball: the referee Piccinini lets it go and the VAR Chiffi remains silent. However, the Sardinians’ start was particularly aggressive and in the 9th minute, following a corner, Shomurodov was also seen: a left-footed shot to the side from a favorable position. Cagliari’s intensity complicates life for Juve, who only become dangerous near Scuffet in the 20th minute: first Vlahovic’s shot is blocked, then Weah’s shot is barely blocked by the home goalkeeper. However, it is only a jolt, because from a melee on a corner Bremer deflects Dossena’s aerial pass with his arm (Luvumbo then misses from two steps): here too Piccinini does not see, but this time the VAR intervenes and it is a penalty for the rossoblù. Gaetano converts and after half an hour Juve is 1-0 down. Not only that, 3′ later Shomurodov exploits a hole from Danilo and serves a perfect ball to Luvumbo, who volleys it out to a petrified Szczesny. The Lady skids and in the 35th minute Szczesny is forced to bring down Luvumbo on the way out: another penalty, but a new shooter, with Mina wrong-footing the Polish goalkeeper from the spot.

DUSAN REACTION

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At half-time Allegri brought on Yildiz for Alcaraz, switching to 4-2-3-1, while Ranieri replaced Sulemana with Prati. And it is precisely the latter in the 6th minute who forces Szczesny to make the first (difficult) intervention of the second half with a nice right-footed shot from outside. Juve, however, now holds the ball more, Cagliari drops and lowers and in the 17th minute Vlahovic closes the gap with a free kick, at the first real opportunity. Once Allegri is one goal back, they also play the McKennie card for Weah, Ranieri responds with Deiola (more defensive) for Gaetano, Max counters with Milik for Locatelli, in what is probably the most offensive version of Juve 2023-24. In the whirlwind of substitutions also Zappa and Viola for Nandez and Shomurodov, two of the best and highly applauded by the Unipol Arena. However, Juve’s attack produced very little, except for an acrobatic (complicated) attempt by Vlahovic. But 3′ from the end, when Cagliari seemed to be able to resist, Dossena sent Yildiz’s cross into his own net. It’s 2-2, but in the 95th minute the shot almost doesn’t arrive: Yildiz chokes the shot too much in the melee and Scuffet manages to block it. Last emotion of the match.