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·10 March 2024

Serie A | Juventus 2-2 Atalanta: Koop stalls Bianconeri

Juventus dropped down to third place behind Milan after a Teun Koopmeiners brace gave Atalanta a point, cancelling out the Andrea Cambiaso and Arek Milik comeback.

The Bianconeri had just one win in six rounds and Dusan Vlahovic was suspended, with Adrien Rabiot, Carlos Alcaraz, Mattia Perin and Mattia De Sciglio injured, but Weston McKennie returned to the midfield after dislocating his shoulder. La Dea were without a win since February 17, managing one point from three Serie A games, plus Wednesday’s 1-1 Europa League draw away to Sporting CP. Emil Holm sat out a ban, with squad rotation bringing Teun Koopmeiners and Gianluca Scamacca back.

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Marco Carnesecchi needed to be on his toes with a reaction save on Fabio Miretti’s header at the near post on a Federico Chiesa cross.

Gianluca Scamacca hesitated on a counter-attack and allowed Miretti to cut him off, while Danilo and Milik couldn’t keep their shots down.

Atalanta took the lead with an intelligent free kick routine, as Mario Pasalic rolled it across for Teun Koopmeiners to sweep in first-time with the inside of the left foot from just inside the penalty area.

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After the restart, Arek Milik was offside before Carnesecchi got down for the one-handed save on Chiesa, then Chiesa flashed an angled drive across the face of goal.

Scamacca thought he had made it 2-0 when the ferocious strike was palmed away by Wojciech Szczesny at full stretch, but the striker also got back for a decisive defensive tackle on Miretti.

Ademola Lookman drilled wide and Chiesa’s curler was off target, but Juve equalised with a well-worked move.

Chiesa won back possession inside his own half, found McKennie for the American’s through ball, as Cambiaso toe-poked it past the on-rushing Carnesecchi.

Cambiaso was eager for another and fired over after a corner, then Juve turned it around completely moments later.

It was another McKennie assist, this time using his chest to cushion a Samuel Iling-Junior cross from the left, Milik let it bounce and thumped in on the half-volley from 12 yards. It was his first Serie A goal in five months.

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However, Atalanta got back on level terms too, as Berat Djimsiti’s slide-rule pass released Koopmeiners to sweep past Szczesny.

It remained wide open with both teams going for it, but in stoppages Moise Kean and Federico Gatti both went for the same header on a Chiesa cross.