Juventus missed a major chance to strengthen their Champions League push after being held to a frustrating 1-1 draw at home by already relegated Hellas Verona in Turin.
Juventus missed a golden opportunity to tighten their grip on a Champions League place after a frustrating 1-1 draw against already relegated Hellas Verona at the Allianz Stadium.
In a weekend where victory could have created breathing room in the top-four race, Luciano Spalletti’s side instead dropped two costly points and left the door open for the chasing pack.
With Verona’s relegation to Serie B already confirmed before kickoff, the expectation was that Juventus would take full control against an opponent with little left to fight for. The hosts did dominate possession from the outset and looked the more purposeful side in the opening half hour, carving out enough chances to suggest the breakthrough was only a matter of time.
Francisco Conceicao was one of Juventus’ brightest sparks, forcing Lorenzo Montipo into a sharp low save with a curling effort, while defender Gleison Bremer came inches away from opening the scoring when his towering header crashed against the woodwork. Juventus were pushing, probing and generally camped in Verona territory, but their inability to convert that pressure would soon be punished.
In one of the half’s biggest surprises, it was the visitors who struck first. Bremer, excellent in the air moments earlier, gifted possession away with a loose pass that allowed Domagoj Bradarić to burst forward and drill a dangerous low cross into the area. Kieron Bowie timed his run perfectly and swept the ball in at the near post with Verona’s first shot on target, stunning the Allianz and leaving Juventus trailing at the break.
Spalletti responded by throwing Dusan Vlahovic into the action, and the striker delivered exactly the spark Juventus had been missing. Just after the hour mark, Vlahović stepped over a free-kick and bent a magnificent effort around the wall and beyond Montipò’s desperate dive to level the scores. It was his first Serie A goal since October and it instantly reignited belief inside the stadium.
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Juventus surged forward in search of a winner, and Conceição again looked the man most likely to produce it, twice forcing point-blank saves from the inspired Montipò during a frantic spell of pressure. Yet Verona’s goalkeeper refused to buckle, and he produced perhaps his finest intervention in stoppage time when he got down brilliantly to push Edon Zhegrova’s low drive onto the post.
By the final whistle, the mood in Turin was one of anxiety rather than relief. Juventus remain fourth, but this was a damaging failure to capitalise against the league’s bottom side, and with Como and Roma still applying pressure from behind, the Bianconeri’s path back to the Champions League suddenly looks far less secure than it should.
