Atalanta-Juve 2-2 as there were controversial Var decisions...

01 ott 2017

Juventus came into this one with a perfect record as they wanted to get all three points to keep pace with Napoli (who had won earlier on). Allegri had to do without many key players as Miralem Pjanic, Khedira, Marchisio, Howedes and Pjaca were all out. The ex-Milan boss gave Federico Bernardeschi his first Juve start as the Italian wonderkid was the one who opened the score. Moments later, Bernardeschi played in Higuain who also scored as Juve were up by two early on in the first half.

Even if Juve were in the driver's seat, Atalanta fought back as Caldara beat Buffon to cut the lead in half (around the 30 minute mark) . In the second half, Mario Mandzukic scored to put Juve up by two again but the VAR overturned the decision because of a Lichtsteiner foul on Papu Gomez. Juve payed for this missed attempt as Bryan Cristante tied the game up not too long after.

Late on in the game, Dybala had a free-kick blocked by the Atalanta wall but the referee decided to award Juve with a penalty-kick because of a Petagna hand ball (which was then confirmed by the VAR even if the ball did not really hit his hand). Even so, Dybala had his attempt blocked by Berisha as Juve had to settle for a point...