BENEVENTO – Juventus could only draw 1-1 when it traveled to the headquarters of the promoted team, Benevento, in the ninth giornata of the 2020-2021 Italian League. In this match Juve played without Cristiano Ronaldo, who was deliberately rested by his coach, Andrea Pirlo.
The course of the match
First round:
Juventus started the game well. They immediately attempted to build attacks from the flank to penetrate Benevento’s defensive zone. It’s just that, there are no opportunities that can be turned into goals at the start of the game.
Juve could only open the lead in the 21st minute. Juan Cuadrado’s center is well received by Álvaro Morata. After snaking through the shooting space, the Spanish striker fired a left-footed shot that left Lorenzo Montipo unable to contain the ball. Juve winning 1-0.
Four minutes later, the Bianconeri came close to increasing their lead. Paulo Dybala and Aaron Ramsey practice one-two passes. This opportunity was completed by Dybala with a shot from the edge of the penalty area. Unfortunately, the ball is still wide.
He didn’t stop there, in the 32nd minute it was Ramsey’s turn to spread threats. The midfielder with a Welsh passport fired a rocket that aimed hard at Benevento’s goal, but Montipo was able to save with his foot.
On the other hand, Benevento also continues to try to beat Juve through a counterattack scheme. Several of them put the Bianconeri goal in danger. Like Gianluca Lapadula when receiving the pass from his partner. Unfortunately, Lapadula is already in an offside position.
Benevento finally tied the score in injury time. Gaetano Letizia with a first-time shot after taking advantage of an imperfect launch by Arthur Melo. The first part ended with the score 1-1.
Second round:
Going into the second half, Juve immediately launched an attack on the host’s defense. They also had a golden opportunity in the 52nd minute when Federico Chiesa sent a cross that was greeted with a header from Morata. Unfortunately, Morata’s header was deflected despite Benevento’s goal being empty.
Morata issued threats again 10 minutes later. After seeing Benevento’s defensive line, the former Real Madrid striker immediately fired a rocket from outside the penalty area. However, the ball is not yet on target.
Benevento almost broke Juve’s goal through a quick counterattack scheme. Because a huge gap appeared in the Bianconeri defense, giving Pasquale Schiattarella a chance to fire a shot. Luckily, one of the Juve players was able to block the shot in time.
Juve itself had a string of good chances in the last 10 minutes of the match. One of them came from Morata after receiving a low cross from Federico Bernardeschi on the left. Even so, Montipo was alert when rejecting Morata’s kick that went to the lower right corner of Benevento’s goal.
The composition of players:
Benevento: Lorenzo Montipo; Federico Barba, Luca Caldirola, Kamil Glik, Gaetano Letizia; Artur Ionița, Pasquale Schiattarella, Perparim Hetemaj; Gianluca Caprari, Riccardo Improta; Gianluca Lapadula.
Cadangan: Abdallah Basit, Andres Tello, Christian Maggio, Nicolo Manfredini, Alessandro Tuia, Roberto Insigne, Giuseppe Di Serio, Gabriele Moncini, Marco Sau, Davide Masella, Christian Pastina.
Juventus: Wojciech Szczesny; Juan Cuadrado, Matthijs de Ligt, Gianluca Frabotta, Danilo; Federico Chiesa, Arthur, Adrien Rabiot, Aaron Ramsey, Alvaro Morata, Paulo Dybala.
Cadangan: Alex Sandro, Weston McKennie, Leonardo Bonucci, Rodrigo Bentancur, Carlo Pinsoglio, Federico Bernardeschi, Radu Dragusin, Manolo Portanova, Giovanni Garofani, Dejan Kulusevski.
