Fiorentina's wait for a home league win outlasts two Juventus leads
Fiorentina scored twice against Juventus and still have no league win at the Franchi this season. They are unbeaten in five league meetings with Juventus.
Fiorentina's first lead over Juventus lasted 28 minutes and their second lasted twelve. Each ended with one Fiorentina player beaten, Viery by Randal Kolo Muani on the right and David de Gea by a corner he came for and never reached, and the match finished 2-2.
Fiorentina
- 1Wilfried Gnonto
- 2Nicolò Fagioli
- 3Antonio Pirrò
- 4Oliver Christensen
- 5Luca Lezzerini
- 6Beto
- 7Luca Ranieri
- 8Dennis Beldenti
- 9Marco Brescianini
- 10Dodo
- 11Brando Mazzeo
- 12Víctor Valdepeñas
Juventus
- 1Carlo Pinsoglio
- 2Kerim Alajbegovic
- 3Pape Matar Sarr
- 4Zeki Çelik
- 5Jeff Ekhator
- 6Neto
- 7Federico Gatti
- 8Edon Zhegrova
- 9Lloyd Kelly
- 10Daniele Rugani
Mateo Pellegrino had scored in the 4th minute with a free header at the back post from Pedro Goncalves's corner. Weston McKennie sent Kolo Muani away down the right, and Nick Woltemade swept his cross in first time in the 32nd minute for his first Serie A goal.
Alieu Njie restored the lead in the 54th minute. Álex Jiménez's low ball was palmed out by Guglielmo Vicario, and Njie reached it before McKennie. The second lead went the way the first had come, from a corner. In the 66th minute Bremer headed in Douglas Luiz's corner.
Fiorentina thought they had won it in the 82nd minute, when Radu Dragusin headed past Vicario. He had pushed Bremer with both hands before he jumped, and the goal was ruled out. Juventus were refused a penalty when the ball struck João Mário's arm in the area, and Vicario parried Marco Brescianini's shot in stoppage time.
The draw stretches Fiorentina's unbeaten run against Juventus in the league to five meetings, two wins and three draws. Juventus arrived on wins over Napoli and AZ Alkmaar, and go into the international break seventh on 18 points, six behind Milan in fourth.
Paolo Vanoli said on Saturday that his side were missing a win at the Franchi, in front of their own supporters. They are 15th on nine points, with a run against Juventus that a draw keeps alive and a home record that one does not mend.
