Monday, 28 October 2019

Without Cristiano Ronaldo, Juventus Draw 1-1 Counter Lecce

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DBasia.news –  Playing against Lecce in Week nine of Serie A, Juventus, who played without Cristiano Ronaldo, only drew 1-1.

Juventus come to Via del Mare with superior status. Understandably, both clubs have a status like heaven and earth because I Bianconeri are the defending champions of Serie A for the last eight seasons.

Even so, the first two minutes were exciting because Juventus and Lecce exchanged attacks. Emre Can opened the opportunity immediately answered by Zan Majer.

After that, attacking action took place both at Juventus and Lecce. Diego Farias and Khouma Babacar put the visitors at risk, while Paulo Dybala and Federico Bernardeschi responded.

Indeed Gonzalo Higuain broke the deadlock in the 15th minute. Unfortunately, the Juventus striker’s goal was disallowed by the referee after he was caught offside first.

Entering the 22nd minute, Juventus continued to press Lecce. Unfortunately, none of Paulo Dybala, Gonzalo Higuain, or Alex Sandro met the target.

Ahead of the break, Juventus got two chances from Emre Can and Federico Bernardeschi. Lecce was lucky because goalkeeper Gabriel worked well to block the attack.

Paulo Dybala listed the name on the scoreboard when the match entered the 50th minute. Starting from the white spot, Dybala did a good job.

Juventus’ excellence only lasted six minutes. Lecce responded by Marco Mancosu who also scored from the penalty box after Matthijs De Ligt fouled.

Do not want to go home empty-handed, Juventus are trying to increase the advantage. Unfortunately, the line of attackers La Vecchia Signora never adds numbers.

Towards the fight was over, Gonzalo Higuain had almost made Juventus superior. Unfortunately, the score of 1-1 for both teams lasted until the fight was over. 

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