Rome (AFP) – Serbian substitute Dusan Vlahovic saved his Juventus team from falling into the draw trap for the second time in a row, when he scored the winning goal in the last ten minutes against its host Frosinone 2-1, on Saturday in the seventeenth stage of the Italian Football League.
Published on: 12/23/2023 – 15:01 Last updated: 12/23/2023 – 14:59
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Juventus, which tied with Genoa 1-1 in the last stage, reduced the difference to a point (41-40) with leaders Inter, who will host Lecce at a later time.
The match was difficult for the “Old Lady” against Frosinone, who defeated defending champion Napoli 4-0 in the round of 16 of the cup competition, and may face Juventus again in the quarter-finals if the latter wins over Salernitana.
Juventus missed the efforts of Moise Kean and Mattia De Sciglio, while French midfielder Adrien Rabiot participated, despite doubts about his injury. In this match, the efforts of Brazilian Alex Sandro and Manuel Locatelli were also lost to injury.
Juventus opened the scoring early through the young Turkish winger Kenan Yildiz (18 years old), after a skillful break inside the area, manipulating three defenders, and he scored in his first start in the league (12).
Yildiz (18 years and 233 days) became the youngest foreign player to score for Juventus in the league.
Frosinone equalized at the beginning of the second half through Uruguayan substitute Jaime Paes, with a low shot from inside the area, taking advantage of the exit of Polish goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny (51).
Minutes later, coach Massimiliano Allegri brought on Vlahovic instead of goal scorer Yildiz (55), and he had what he wanted at the end of the match.
The tall striker, whom Juventus spent more than seventy million euros to include, played a beautiful header from a difficult angle that landed in the right clip of goalkeeper Stefano Turati, after a cross from the American Weston McKennie on the right side (81).
Vlahovic scored a second goal from a counterattack that was ruled out for offside in the last minute, but that did not prevent Juventus from achieving a fourth successive victory over Frosinone, which is in 14th place.
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2023-12-23 14:01:04
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