Torino captain Andrea Belotti scored to offer his workforce a 1-1 draw at Juventus in a hard-fought Turin derby in Serie A.
The Italy ahead created house for himself by slipping away from a defender and volleyed house Josip Brekalo’s cross from the left within the 62nd minute, canceling out Matthijs de Ligt’s first-half aim for the house facet.
Juve’s unbeaten run stretched to 12 video games, however Champions League qualification stays unsure for Massimiliano Allegri’s workforce after its second consecutive draw. Atalanta is simply three factors behind with two extra video games to play. The high 4 qualify for Europe’s premier competitors.
Torino made the higher begin and dominated the primary 10 minutes earlier than Adrien Rabiot had one of the best likelihood on a counterattack on the different finish. The French midfielder shot simply huge of the far publish when he solely had goalkeeper Vanja Milinkovic-Savic to beat.
De Ligt then scored within the thirteenth when he beat Milinkovic-Savic with a header on the close to publish from a nook. It was the Dutch defender’s second league aim of the season.
The aim supplied encouragement for Juve to push for extra. Paolo Dybala and Dušan Vlahovic each had possibilities earlier than Belotti tried to drive a response on the different finish. It was Belotti’s first begin since Nov. 28 after recovering from damage.
Dybala went off early within the second half after signaling an issue to the Juve teaching employees after he had tried taking pictures from round 30 meters. American Weston McKennie got here on for the Argentine star.
The guests remained harmful, nevertheless, and Belotti’s equalizer was removed from undeserved.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
