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The dismissal of Juan Cuadrado was only the second of the Colombian since he arrived at Juventus, initially on loan, from Chelsea in 2015
Juventus suffered their first Serie A defeat of the season when their 10 men were humiliated at home by Fiorentina.
Former Juventus Chelsea midfielder Juan Cuadrado was sent off for a lunge on Gaetano Castrovilli in the 18th minute.
Fiorentina were already ahead at that stage after Dusan Vlahovic lifted a quiet finish over Wojciech Szczesny.
Cristiano Ronaldo had a header scored offside for Juventus before an own goal by Alex Sandro and a shot by Martín Cáceres sealed a famous victory.
The defeat capped a frustrating day for Juve, who had already lost three points and fell to fourth place in Serie A, seven points off the top, after their win over Napoli was rescinded in October.
On Tuesday it was announced that Napoli had won their appeal against the decision to deduct a point and award Juventus the game when visitors were unable to travel due to positive Covid-19 tests.
Champions’ Day quickly turned from bad to worse as Franck Ribery’s pass opened up his defense to allow Vlahovic to run clean and sink at home in just three minutes.
After Cuadrado was sent off in his 200th appearance at Juventus, the referee consulted his monitor on the court and changed a starting yellow to red for the Colombian’s reckless high tackle on Castrovilli.
Ronaldo came close to calling several times, firing just wide and then forcing a good save from Bartlomiej Dragowski, before being rejected also by the assistant referee.
However, two Cristiano Biraghi centers confirmed the result: the first converted into his own goal by Sandro in the 76th minute and the second put home from close range five minutes later by the former right-back of Juve Cáceres, when Fiorentina he finished off eight. the game runs without a win.
