Sassuolo vs Juventus: The Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore witnessed the clash between Juventus and Sassuolo on Monday. It was the away club that came away with the 1-2 win.
Raspadori put Neroverdi ahead in the 39th minute through his attempt on target. However, Dybala managed to score towards the end of the half as things were level heading into halftime.
Neither team was able to find the winner for most of the second half. However, Kean managed to find the winner in the 89th minute to seal the result. Following the result, the hosts and the visitors are in the 4th and 10th places respectively.
Sassuolo vs Juventus: Match summary
Sassuolo 1-2 Juventus (HT: 1-1)
Goals: 39′ Raspadori (S), 45′ Dybala (J), 89′ Kean (J)
Sassuolo
Consigli; Muldur, Chiriches, Ayhan, Kyriakopoulos; Frattesi (88′ M.Henrique), Maxime Lopez; Berardi (79′ Defrel), Raspadori, Traoré (79′ Duricic); Scamacca.
Subs Not Used: Satalino, Pegolo, Magnanelli, Rogerio, Ciervo, Peluso, Ceide, Ferrari, Ruan.
Coach: Dionisi.
Juventus
Szczęsny; De Sciglio, Bonucci, Rugani (54′ Chiellini), Alex Sandro; Bernardeschi (88′ Miretti), Zakaria, Danilo, Rabiot; Dybala (55′ Vlahovic), Morata (67′ Kean).
Subs Not Used: Pinsoglio, Perin, De Ligt, Pellegrini, Zuelli.
Coach: Allegri.
Referee: Maresca
Assistants: Liberti, Prenna
Fourth Official: Miele
Var: Aureliano, Galetto
Bookings: 45′ Lopez (S), 50′ Scamacca (S), 62′ De Sciglio (J), 89′ Kean (J)
Managers’ reaction
Massimiliano Allegri: “It was an important victory, playing at times a poor match, but given the conditions it was like that; we made a good step towards fourth place and we also have Napoli now just one point ahead. If we are at this point, thanks to the growth of the team after a disastrous start, it means that we must have no regrets. Sometimes football goes the opposite of what is shown on the pitch, because we didn’t win many games when playing well, and absences shouldn’t be an alibi. Vlahovic? He demands a lot from himself but he has to remain calm, sometimes he makes mistakes as he is too rushed.”
Sassuolo coach Alessio Dionisi: “Let’s say the lads were rather upset at half-time, but at the final whistle too. Over the course of the 90 minutes, if one team deserved to win, it was us, but the other team won instead.
“Juve defended so deep and closed all the spaces, so we tried to pass it around them and didn’t have as many shots on goal as usual, but that’s credit to the Bianconeri for their defending.”
“The lads showed great quality and effort, Juve had the experience to control the game, yet we pinned them back into their own half for long periods.
“There are few Serie A sides who play with four strikers, so we are open to taking those risks because we have that quality. Perhaps we need to find more tactical balance and we don’t always do that, we get a bit stretched out and vulnerable to the counter-attack.”
