Juventus twice came from behind to draw 2–2 with Fiorentina at the Stadio Artemio Franchi on Sunday, 8 November. Mateo Pellegrino and Alieu Njie scored for the hosts and Nick Woltemade and Gleison Bremer replied. The draw left Juventus seventh outright and took Fiorentina to nine points in 15th, according to Lega Serie A’s match report.
Pellegrino opened the scoring with a header from a corner four minutes in. Juventus drew level in the 32nd minute when Randal Kolo Muani beat his defender on the right and crossed for Woltemade. The pair combined again a few minutes later, but David de Gea closed down the German forward, the Juventus report records.
Njie got to the ball ahead of Weston McKennie to restore Fiorentina’s lead in the 54th minute. Luciano Spalletti responded with three substitutions. Douglas Luiz headed narrowly off target before taking the corner from which Bremer beat De Gea to the ball in the six-yard box to make it 2–2 in the 66th minute.
Jeff Ekhator headed over for Juventus late on. At the other end Guglielmo Vicario saved efforts from Marco Brescianini and Franco Mastantuono. Fiorentina took a third successive league result without defeat, according to the league’s account.
Archival photograph of the Stadio Artemio Franchi in Florence on 11 May 2008. Sailko. Photograph source · CC BY 2.5.
