Juventus has suffered a very expensive loss of points in Serie A. The team of coach Massimiliano Allegri played a difficult match at Genoa, which fought for a point after the break: 1-1. Albert Gudmundsson, former striker for PSV and AZ, scored on behalf of the home team. Juventus draws for the fourth time this season and reaches 37 points. This means that it misses the opportunity to pass leader Internazionale, which is at 38.

Gudmundsson was one of two strikers at Genoa. Junior Messias stood next to him in the front line. Ridgeciano Haps and Morten Thorsby were on the bench, while Kevin Strootman was not present at all due to a muscle injury. Juventus, with Dean Huijsen on the bench, appeared in its apparently strongest line-up. From the sides, Filip Kostic and Andrea Cambiaso had to provide a threat to the vanguard, which consisted of Dusan Vlahovic and Federico Chiesa.

Halfway through the first half, a sharply cut pass from Chiesa almost resulted in a goal. Vlahovic was reached, but the Serbian tapped over. Fumbling in Genoa's defense led to Milan Badelj losing the ball, who let the ball jump too far from his foot. Vlahovic passed to Chiesa, who was knocked down by Josep Martínez. The goalkeeper then dived into the wrong corner for Chiesa's penalty: 0-1.

Both teams regularly appeared threatening in front of the goal in the subsequent phase, although there was a lack of the final pass or details to create real danger. For example, a Juve defender with an extreme block prevented Gudmundsson from almost certainly scoring.

Alberto Gilardino decided to bring Caleb Ekuban and that turned out to be a golden opportunity. He took the ball in the box and delivered a header to Gudmundsson, who finished from close range: 1-1.

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Shortly afterwards, Martínez seemed to harm his team. Genoa's goalkeeper simply passed the ball into the feet of Chiesa, who, however, failed to get a shot in time. The attacker was released from the ball just in time by a defender from the Genoa team.

For a long time, Juventus was unable to create a real opportunity, although the threat was never far away. Two minutes before the end of regular playing time i Bianconeri still get the full loot. Bremer apparently had the ball before coming in from a corner kick, but did not hit the ball full on his thigh and saw Martínez prevent a hit with an excellent reflex.

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